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  1. 09-16-2006, 01:42 AM #1
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    PC Primary Partitions

    I now in the PC computers we only can have 4 primary partitions.

    Someone knows What the reason is?
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  2. 09-16-2006, 01:59 AM #2
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    The way the boot sector was designed. Extended partitions are a hack around that.
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