How many primary partitions can you have a single hard drive?
A) One
B) Two
C) Four
D) The number of partitions is only limited by available disk space
E) The number of partitions is only limited by our minds
The answer: C) Four
A hard drive can only have four primary partitions, but one of those could be an extended partition that contains additional logical partitions. The logical partitions inside of an extended partition are not bootable, but otherwise appear identical to primary partitions.
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