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How may partitions are on a computer system?
Depends, you can make as many partitions as you want.
What is the minimum number of partitions requred in a system to set up a dual boot with window xp and windows 7?
You will need at least two partitions.
How can you tell how many partitions your hard drive has?
You will need to open up the disk management window on you computer. To do this open up the control panel and search for "partition" then click the link that says "Create and format hard disk partitions". From here you can view and modify all the partitions on any disk on your computer.
Will it be possible to have vista home premium and windowsXP in the same computer?
Yes, it's possible but you need to have at least two partitions on your hard drive(s) because they should be installed in separate locations (partitions).
How can you find out how many partitions are there on your system using XP?
Right click on "My Computer", click on "Manage", open the "Storage" section, then click on "Disk Management". The partitions on each disk can then be seen graphically on the right hand side.
Can you install 2 operating systems on one PC?
Yes you can. You would need to create separate partitions for each operating system - installing each operating system into its own partition. When you switch on the computer, it will show a menu allowing you to choose which operating system you want to start.
What Computer is capable of running more than one operating system?
Any computer with the ability to understand "partitions" can run multiple operating systems, albeit one at a time. Any computer with the ability to run virtual hardware (such as with a Hypervisor) can run more than one operating system simultaneously. The operating system must also support partitions or it will be unable to run on a hard drive with more than one partition.
How many partitions can a small computer system interface support?
It depends if you are using a basic disk or dynamic disk( you can go to your drive and convert it from basic to dynamic but if you go from dynamic to basic it will destroy all data you have on it) dynamic disk can have more partitions although with dynamic it calls partitions volumes
How many total partitions can a standard computer computer disk ide and sata?
Due to limitations imposed by DOS back in the '80s, ATA (the proper name for ide) and SATA drives can only hold 4 partitions. To work around this, extended partitions were invented. Extended partitions can hold 4 more partitions, any of which can be more extended partitions. Thus the number of partitions is effectively limited by the size of the disk. These limitations aren't imposed by the disk itself, rather the PC architecture. Intel macs, which don't need to maintain compatibility with DOS or old versions of windows use EFI, which allows for 128 primary partitions.
Which partitions are the only type of basic disk partitions designed to store files that are used to load an operating system?
Primary partitions are the only type of basic disk partitions designed tostore fi les that are used to load an operating system
How many total partitions can a small computer system interface support?
It depends if you are using a basic disk or dynamic disk( you can go to your drive and convert it from basic to dynamic but if you go from dynamic to basic it will destroy all data you have on it) dynamic disk can have more partitions although with dynamic it calls partitions volumes
What is the maximum number of partitions required to dual-boot Windows XP and Windows Vista?
The minimum number of partitions needed to dual boot windows xp and windows vista is actually 2, one for each operating system. However, if your computer was bought and it already had one of those two systems preinstalled and with it a separate windows recovery partition as well as a system reserved partition, then your minimum in that case would be 4 priamry partitions (which also happens to be the maximum allowed if you are using strictly primary partitions. One way to have more than 4 primary partitions is to have one of those partitions become an extended partition which can in turn have as many partitions as you need. I hope that wasn't too confusing
