Vista - How to create extended partition on Vista

Hi,

I wanted to create extended partition on my Vista OS. It already has 4
partition and its now allowing to create one more primary partition.
So want to create extended partition.

Please let me know how to do it.

Thanks,
Mahesh

I do not want to delete exisiting partition so if extended is not
possible then how to create dynamic partition?

Thanks,
Mahesh

On Oct 28, 7:56 pm, mahesh.nimbal...@xxxxxx wrote:

You can only create an extended partition if you have less than four primary
partitions.

I have never used dynamic partitions. Here is some info on that subject:
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks...tml/wwhelp.htm

-Paul Randall

<mahesh.nimbalkar@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Vista Disk Management only creates primary partitions. If you need to create
extended partitions use a 3rd party partition tool.

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<mahesh.nimbalkar@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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That should be:

Vista Disk Management only creates primary partitions. If you need to create
extended logical partitions use a 3rd party partition tool. An extended
partition is a primary partition.


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On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 23:56:48 -0000, mahesh.nimbalkar@xxxxxx wrote:
If you're feeling adventurous, use diskpart.exe.
<http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/09/26/using-diskpartexe-as-disk-management-alternative-in-windows-vista-2000-2003-and-xp/>

Richard Urban;3271619 Wrote:Wrong information! Vista Disk Management creates also extended
partitions and logical drives.

microsoft.com says:
"When you create partitions on a basic disk using Disk Management, the
first three volumes you create will be formatted as primary partitions.
Beginning with the fourth volume, each volume will be configured as a
logical drive within an extended partition."
(http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...129a71033.mspx,
you have to click 'Show all' in order to see that text.)

In case one doesn't want to have 3 primary partitions, it should be
possible to create three small primary partitions and delete two of them
later, as suggested here:
http://www.optimizingpc.com/install/...gharddisk.html.


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