4 on an ms-dos style partition table
A single MBR-Style disk can contain a maximum of four primary partitions.
Primary Partitions are logical areas on Coputer storage devices that have direct reference in Master Boot Record. (Due to limitation imposed by MBR only four primary partitions can be created). While Extended partitions refer to logical areas created out of need for more than four Partitions.
A technician is attempting to create multiple partitions on a hard disk. This will allow for storing the operating system and data files on separate partitions. What is the maximum number of primary partitions per hard drive that is supported by Windows XP?
four primary
Assuming one of them is an extended partition on an MS-DOS partition table: Eight. If the partitions are all primary partitions: Four.
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The Master Boot Record (MBR) partitioning system can support a maximum of four primary partitions. Alternatively, one of these primary partitions can be designated as an extended partition, which can contain multiple logical partitions, allowing for more than four partitions in total. However, the minimum number of partitions that MBR can support is one.
4 ----- Dhyan Tripathi You can have 4 primary partitions, or 3 primary partitions and one extended partition containing any number of logical partitions. While you can assign a drive letter to a partition, you can also map it as
Ther can only be one Extended Partition per hard drive
On a GPT (GUID Partition Table) disk in Windows Server 2008, the maximum number of primary partitions supported is 128. Unlike MBR (Master Boot Record) disks, which are limited to four primary partitions, GPT allows for a larger number of partitions without needing to create extended partitions. Each partition can be up to 9.4 zettabytes in size, depending on the file system used.
On MBR partitioned hard-drives only 4 primary partition can be created. (Use extended and logical partitions to create more partitions).
4 on ms-dos partition table