Maximum number of hard disk partitions reached

[vjunloc]

i have a seagate 1tb hard disk, when i bought it, i created 5 partitions on

it. but yesterday when i installed ubuntu linux on the system, it merged

all those partitions into one, so i tried to format it again(with xp) but this

time i was just able to create only two partitions although unallocated

space was remaining.Now, after recovering all the data lost due to

formatting, when i tried to create partitions again i was only able to

create 4 partitions and i was given a msg that maximum number of

partitions for the disk reached and you cannot create more

partitions...please guide me on this

[The Unknown]

4 is the maximum number of primary partitions. You will have to add the 4th one as extended block and then create partitons inside the extend block.

[Cool Buddy]

You need to create extended partition & then create logical drives inside this partition from XP, you may not be able to create more than 4 primary partitions as the unknown said

[The Unknown]

Originally Posted by Cool Buddy

You need to create extended partition & then create logical drives inside this partition from XP, you may not be able to create more than 4 primary partitions as the unknown said

Not necessarily IMO, fdisk or better cfdisk can do it

[vjunloc]

thanks for replying guys, actually i solved this problem by installing windows 7 on one of the primary partitions(created using xp cd) and then used diskmgmt.msc to deal with unallocated space....so now i have 3 primary and 2 logical partitions

[The Unknown]

Originally Posted by vjunloc

thanks for replying guys, actually i solved this problem by installing windows 7 on one of the primary partitions(created using xp cd) and then used diskmgmt.msc to deal with unallocated space....so now i have 3 primary and 2 logical partitions

This is what I'd exactly suggested