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primary partition cannot be subdivided. An extended partition can be divided into logical drives.

You can create an extended partition only on a basie disk.

Unlike a primary

partition, you do not format an extended partition with a file system. Instead,

you create one or morę logical drives in the extended partition

and then format

them with a file system.

You must format a disk before you can use it. Formatting a disk configures the

partition with a file allocation table. Formatting prepares the disk for reading

and writing. When you format a disk, the operating system erases all the file

allocation tables on the disk, tests the disk to verify that the sectors are reliable,

marks bad sectors, and creates internal address tables that it

later uses to locate

information.

Deleting a partition destroys all of the data in the partition. The partition is then

restored to an unallocated space. If you are deleting an extended partition, you

must delete all of its logical drives on the disk before deleting the partition.

Windows Server 2003 allows the static assignment of drive letters to partitions,

volumes, and CD-ROM drives. This means that you assign a drive letter to a

specific partition, volume, or CD-ROM drive. It is often convenient to assign

drive letters to removable devices in such a way that the devices appear after

the permanent partitions and volumes on the Computer.