>26 HDD partitions...?

[Projjwal]

Generally we know all the hard disk partition are shown by a alphabet.Starting from C to Z I think that system don't have any FDD or Optical Drive.If we use A & B as HDD partition (I am not sure) then the maximum number of partitions possible is 26.If I want more than 26 partition then what is the alphabet of it ?
I am going to buy a 400GB HDD & i prefers small size partition .Because i format partitions frequently. Normally i use 12 GB partition size.So, the number of partition is around 31-32(Real size of 400GB HDD is aroud 380GB).

[cynosure]

^^ You are going nuts I think. Making 26 partition is something crazy.
If in windows, A: and B:, both are reserved for floppy drives. Now I dont know if >26 partitions are possible, but if they are then they will be named C1: C2:

And yeah, In case you are a gamer, then nowdays good games take around 4-5-6 GBs of space, this can pose problem if all your partitions are half filled

Waise wait for some geeky reply, I dont think its possible.

[BBThumbHealer]

> 26 Partitions

[infra_red_dude]

hmmm.. i dunno abt windows but linux numbers them as hda1/2....5/6... etc. any mbr can hold upto 4 partition records. that mebbe 4 primary partitions or 3 primary and 1 extended. in the extended partition, theoretically any number of logical part. can be created. i think kernel 2.2 supported only upto 16 partitions. that may haf increased now.

i suppose windows will support at least upto 20 such things, esp. the newer version. an advice will be to make 25gb ones.

[Zeeshan Quireshi]

yups you CAN have greater than 26 partitions , but then you'll have to mount these partitions as folder under your existing partitions rather than giving em letters . but yes , it can be done and windows supports any number of partitions .

[bhushan05d251]

Yes. u can mount these partition into any forlder.

[Quiz_Master]

26 Partitons....

<faint>

U kidding. How much disk space u have. 20 TeraByte.

[casanova]

Hehe.

A and B are reserved. You can't use them. HDD's can use partitions starting from C and you can have any no. of partitions but y do u need it. I find 5-6 partitions enough for a 250GB HDD

[QwertyManiac]

Originally Posted by Quiz_Master

26 Partitons....

<faint>

U kidding. How much disk space u have. 20 TeraByte.

But partitions arent dependent on HDD space ..

[Projjwal]

Originally Posted by Zeeshan Quireshi

yups you CAN have greater than 26 partitions , but then you'll have to mount these partitions as folder under your existing partitions rather than giving em letters . but yes , it can be done and windows supports any number of partitions .

And @ bhushan05d251 at last some one said it's possible. But I don't know the process of mount a partition as folder. Pls tell me de process...

[Zeeshan Quireshi]

Originally Posted by Projjwal

And @ bhushan05d251 at last some one said it's possible. But I don't know the process of mount a partition as folder. Pls tell me de process...

Start->Run "compmgmt.msc"

Click on "Disk Management" on left

Right-Click on partition->"Change drive letter n paths"

Click "add" in the following dialog .

then select "Mount in empty NTFS folder"

you can mount a partition to more than one folders

or u can have a partition mounted as more than one drives , folder or ny combination .

[Projjwal]

Thx I did it but there is a problem suppose u have a partition named D: now u mount another partition as folder inside d: named "xx".
Now the problem start if i format D: the xx partition also formated...

Any solution for it...???

[Zeeshan Quireshi]

Originally Posted by Projjwal

Thx I did it but there is a problem suppose u have a partition named D: now u mount another partition as folder inside d: named "xx".
Now the problem start if i format D: the xx partition also formated...

Any solution for it...???

what u can do s make a separate drive for mounting all other partitions . this way u'll know this drive has mounted partitions n u won't format it

[Liggy]

more then 26 Partitions? have you lost your mind? I personally would not advise that thats what folders are for... but hey let us know how it turns out for you. why again do you want so many partitions??? point?

[Vivek788]

hm...nice piece of info....

But 26 partitions...wat use?better more space together than broken ones
10-15 will be ok

[baccilus]

I read somewhere that the 1st partition is always the fastest and efficient(Tweaking guide i guess). So it's always better to have a really large C drive to install all your games and programs rather than so many partitions.