Another partition question (logical drives)

[Force Flow]

Hi!

I'm not sure what to do. I have started to partition my drive, using FDISK. I gave my primary DOS partition 85% of the drive and the extended partition 15% of the drive. Here's where I don't know what to do: I come to a screen that tells me to create Logical Drives. What do I do with that?

[Cricket]

Hi force_flow2002,

Follow the instructions here: FDISK & FORMAT (http://www.muisejt.com/fdisk/fdisk.html)

:) Cricket

[Force Flow]

Thanks, but I'm still a little confused. What is the logical drive for?

[Cricket]

Hi force_flow2002,

A "logical drive" is a partition that gets created within the extended DOS partition. You can have more than 1 "logical drive" within the extended DOS partition. Each "logical drive" is a separate "partition" and gets assigned a drive letter of it's own.

The entire primary DOS partition is the c: drive.

The extended DOS partition has to be created when you want to break up your hard drive into smaller "drives" or "partitions". The extended DOS partition is like a holder for the "logical drives" or "partitions" that you create.

Yes, it's confusing...but it becomes more "logical" once you've done this a few times :D (sorry about that).

:) Cricket

[edrod13]

Force,

So with the 15% create one or as many desired logical partitions. As cricket mentioned that the extended is just a holder but what is really seen is the logical partitions.

Edrod13

[Force Flow]

Thanks. It makes sense now. :)