What is the difference between a partition and a logical drive?
2007-05-23 15:38:25 · 4 answers · asked by handsomeblkbrotha 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
A partition is a defined section of a hard drive.
A logical drive is made up of one or more partitions. Usually one but it is possible to make a logical drive span partitions over different physical hard files.
Spanning partitions over the same physical drive would be rather pointless.
RAID arrays make multiple partitions (usually 1 per drive) look like a single logical drive.
2007-05-23 15:56:42 · answer #1 · answered by Simon T 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A hard drive can only have one primary partition. That should be the partition from which the OS run. The primary partition should be at the front of the drive to allow for faster boot up. All other drives are going to be logical. That means the computer has to look up their location and then go to where they begin on the hard drive to find them. There is no physical reason for them to begin where they do. Rather it is logically programmed into the computer to begin the partitions where they do. Sounds like what the person told you to do is to create a 40 gig primary partition for your OS. (That is sufficent for most OS and programs). Then use the remaining 240, partitioned as needed, for data storage, backups, a second OS if you want one, etc. I have a 500 gig that I keep divided into OS, data, and back up partitions. He is recommending that you make the swap file twice the size of your RAM memory. It should be located on the drive where most of your processing will take place (usually where your OS is installed.)
2016-05-21 05:58:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The primary partition would be the C: drive in windows on the drive windows is installed on. This is the active partition, the one the computer boots off of (assuming you don't have a dual boot). An extended partition is any other partition. A logical drive is one that has been physically (hard) partitioned, where the part of the drive has been physicaly partitioned from the rest of the drive.
2007-05-23 15:43:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A partition is a divider of the hard drive and a logical drive would be sections with in the partition itself. If I'm understanding it right it helps organize everything on a partition.
2007-05-23 15:43:22 · answer #4 · answered by Joseph 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋