Depending on the environment Linux is running in, it doesn't need any partitions. A diskless workstation that boots over a network, a LiveCD, or a floppy disk do not require any partitions.
In a typical server or workstation environment, however, one will usually have at least two partitions. One will be the "/" partition in which all files and directories are placed. The other is a swap partition that is used to page data in and out of memory.
Swap and "/"
During XP setup or installation, partitions can be created, deleted and selected for installation.
You can create as many partitions as you want.The no of partitions depends on your wish and the size of each partition. You can either have 3 partitions of 500 GB each. or 15 partitions of 100GB each.
Partitions are not something that are the same from drive to drive, or from computer to computer. Partitions are created by the user from unused hard drive space, and have no set size, although there is a relatively small minimum. This means that even one one disk, a user can create literally dozens, if not hundreds.
During Windows installation procedure, installer will ask you where you want to install the os. Also you have options to create/delete, format partitions.
You can use a program called GParted to add, edit, and delete partitions.
There are many ways. One of them is to connect the hard drive to another computer and use "Disk Management" to create partitions. Also you can use software from other companies such as Partition Magic, Acronis Disk Director and so on. Also if you have windows installation CD you can start the installation process before copying any files the OS will ask you to partition your hard drive.
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You do it by creating partitions on your hard drives. Partitions are typically created before the hard drive is formatted. Another option is to use a program like Partition Magic to edit partitions on your hard drive. You generally don't want to play around with your partitions too much after you have your OS up and running. Any error may cause you to have to reinstall everything.
On MBR partitioned hard-drives only 4 primary partition can be created. (Use extended and logical partitions to create more partitions).
You need to delete all partitions created by RedHat (you can use DOS native utility fdisk.exe: delete non-native partition or something like that). After start installing Xp during the installation create a primary partitions for the system drive. After that just follow instructions.
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?
60 Logical partitions can be created. Only 26 are reachable in Windows Due to the number of letters in thealphabet.