Acronis diskeditor 6.0 Manual De Usuario
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Creating a Logical Partition
Creation of logical partition results in filling the second line of the Partition
table.
table.
Logical partition
The partition is marked Extended LBA or 0Fh in hex. Externally it is
characterized by the same parameters, as the Primary disk partition, but its
organization and purpose differ. The primary partition contains a single
logical disk. Extended DOS/Windows partition allows you to organize any
number of logical disks.
characterized by the same parameters, as the Primary disk partition, but its
organization and purpose differ. The primary partition contains a single
logical disk. Extended DOS/Windows partition allows you to organize any
number of logical disks.
Again, this User’s Guide describes DiskEditor capabilities used on a FAT32 file system.
The first sector of the Extended partition is similar to the first sector of the
Primary hard disk partition or MBR, but unlike the latter it does not include
loaders and contains the Extended Partition Record, or EPR.
Primary hard disk partition or MBR, but unlike the latter it does not include
loaders and contains the Extended Partition Record, or EPR.
The Primary partition loader loads the operating system located on this disk
(if any). However, it is impossible to load Windows 9x/Me from a logical disk
of the Extended partition without special set-up.
(if any). However, it is impossible to load Windows 9x/Me from a logical disk
of the Extended partition without special set-up.
The first record of the Extended Partition Record specifies the first logical
disk of the partition.
disk of the partition.
If the first logical disk does not occupy an entire extended partition, the sec-
ond EPR record specifies position of sector with the next Extended Partition
Record. Third and fourth EPRs are not used.
ond EPR record specifies position of sector with the next Extended Partition
Record. Third and fourth EPRs are not used.
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