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How to convert primary partition in logical one

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by crebel2000

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I have two HDDs ,and after some trouble with PC ,
I got two primary partition C: (system) and D:.
How to make D: as logical because I want to reinstall my XPpro
C: is at maxtor and D: is at western digital

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by naganathan2007

explain briefly that how many partions in first hdd and second hdd.(go to manage by right clicking the my computer and open disk management and then select the hdd that which one you want to make as logical drive.

by crebel2000

HDD 0 (maxtor) 3 partitions C: E: F:
C: System , Primary

HDD 1 (WD) 3 partitions D: G: H:

D: Primary (This one I want to be Logical)

Win XP is on C:

by ic-it

A partition may be Primary (which is also a Logical partition) or Extended. An Extended partition may contain Logical Drives. You may have 4 Primary partitions on a drive or up to 3 Primaries and an extended. In XP you may have a total drive use of 24 drives including the C: drive. (A & B are not available to XP).

by crebel2000

So if I leave it as primary , during windows installation at drive C , I wouldn't have any problem with drive D , any MBR on it etc ?

by ic-it

May be if you have a corrupt installation on D:
Even then the only issue may be as to which one your are booting into.
If you have a current working OS on D: then this should result in a dual-boot.
If D: is an old OS that no longer functions you will still be OK

by ic-it

Also note that you can edit the Boot.ini file (hidden) and put any description between the quotation marks.

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