An extended partition can be subdivided into as many as 32 logical drives. You can use all or part of the free space in an extended partition when creating logical drives. An extended partition or a logical drive cannot span multiple disks.
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You cannot mark a logical drive as active. An active volume or partition is the volume or partition from which the computer starts up. |
To create a new logical drive
The initial screen of the Create Partition wizard appears. Click Next.
The Select Partition Type screen appears. The Logical drive radio button is automatically selected, and the screen displays the largest logical drive size that can be created in the extended partition.
The Assign Drive Letter screen appears.
The Create File System screen appears.