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m_Fariz
m_Fariz asked in Computers & InternetHardwareDesktops · 1 decade ago

Can I have more than 1 primary partition?

I'm not a Linux hero but I need your help. I'm partitioning a hard drive to 3 spaces, one having the OS already installed(Win 2000), another have been set to logical(where I would be installing Linux soon), and the other one is left empty for swap files.

What is my problem now is, my second partition, which has been formatted and set to logical partition, doesn't show at My computer in windows. I don't know weather it must also be set to primary to make it active. When I set it to active, my system suddenly hangs at boot. I don't know why.

Can somebody help me? I've read someone said that there can be another primary partition in 1 hard drive but I don't quite sure. If you have the detail information about this (Linux and the likes - about partitioning and so, etc.) please provide me the link or any books possible. Help.

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  • ICEVapour
    1 decade ago
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    even i am not a hero.

    you must have wasted such time on that question.

  • DavidSr P
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    I can only answer a part of this. You can only have 1 active partition on a single drive. That partition is the boot partition for the computer. Normally drive C:

    I am not sure how windows 2000 sees drive partitions

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