answersLogoWhite

0

When you partition a hard drive into two or more partitions (storage areas) those extra drives are called logical drives. So you can have 2 or 3 or more logical drives on one physical hard drive. It varies.

User Avatar

Wiki User

16y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

How many partions can IDE support?

IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) can support a maximum of four primary partitions on a single hard drive. Alternatively, one of these primary partitions can be configured as an extended partition, which can contain multiple logical drives. This allows for a total of up to three primary partitions and potentially many logical drives within the extended partition.


List three types of information contained in a hard drive's partition table?

A map to the partitions on the hard drive. This table tells BIOS how many partitions the drive has and how each partitions is divided into one or more logical drives, which partition contains the drive to be used for booting (called the active partition), and where each logical drive begins and ends.1-map to the partitions on on the hard drive2-information about where each logical drive is located, where it starts and where it ends3-which partition contains the drive to be used for booting (the active partition)The first is a map to the partitions on the harddrive,and how they are divided, the second, which partition contains the drive to be used for booting this is called the "Active Partition", and third where each logical begin and ends.


How many Minimum drives on a spanned volume?

A spanned volume requires a minimum of two drives to be created. It combines multiple disks into a single logical volume, allowing for increased storage capacity by utilizing the combined space of all included drives. However, it does not provide redundancy; if one drive fails, all data on the spanned volume can be lost.


How many logical drives can be established in a fat based system?

23


How many primary partition can create?

On MBR partitioned hard-drives only 4 primary partition can be created. (Use extended and logical partitions to create more partitions).


How many logical drives can a typical FAT file system contain?

26 as it can be each letter of the alphabet.


How many drives can a floppy drive cable accommodate?

2


How many types of hard drive are there?

how many types hard disk drives


How many hard disk drives are listed and which drive letter are assigned to them?

You have no hard drives listed. You have the ability to assign any drive letter (except the Main 'C' ) to your hard drives using "Computer Management"


When logical drives are present on a basic storage device how many primary partitions can exist?

Primary partition is only one


How many miles can a hybrid drive?

The Ford Escape drives 33mpg and the Prius drives high 40s or low 50s.


What is another name for the drive on your computer?

The computer has many drives. You have to be more specific.