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Q: When logical drives are present on a basic storage device how many primary partitions can exist?
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Difference between primary and extended 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.


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What is another name for primary storage devices?

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Why do we need partitions in a storage device?

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