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Hard Drive and Partitioning Basics
What is a partition?
A partition is a basic container for data on your hard drive. Although most hard drives have only one partition, System Commander 2000 allows you to divide up a hard drive into several distinct partitions. Each partition occupies a physically separate area of the hard drive and functions almost as if it were an independent hard drive. Because of this, a partition can be given its own name, or label, can contain its own operating system and file system, or can simply operate as an additional area for better organization of your files. In Windows and Dos, partition are usually assigned drive letters such as C:, D:, E:, etc.
Types of Partitions -Partition Terminology
Primary partitions
A hard drive can be divided up into a maximum of four primary partitions. The first partition on a hard drive is numbered Partition 0; subsequent primary partitions are Partition 1, 2, and 3.
Extended and Logical Partitions
In order to provide more than four partitions, a primary partition can be designated as an extended partition. An extended partition can be subdivided into several more sections known as logical partitions.
Bootable Partitions
Some partitions can be made bootable, which means that an operating system can be started up from within that partition. A bootable partition is also known as an active partition. A non-bootable partition cannot initialize an operating system. The ability for a partition to be bootable is controlled by the operating system. For example, DOS, Windows 95, and Windows 98 allow only primary partitions to be bootable and will not allow a logical partition to be bootable. By contrast, other operating systems including OS/2 and Linux can be installed to allow a logical partition to bootable. In order to start up, every PC must contain at least one bootable partition. Using Windows 95/98 or DOS, this partition is normally the first active primary partition (Partition 0) of the first hard drive in the computer (Drive 0), and is by default assigned the drive letter C:. To run more than one operating system on your PC ，you will typically want to configure a separate bootable partition for each OS. Partitioning and booting characteristics of several operating systems are discussed more fully in Appendix C: Additional considerations.


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电脑硬碟分割basics什么是划分? 划分是一种基本的货柜数据的硬盘驱动器. 虽然大多数硬盘都只有一分, 系统指挥官2000让你瓜分了硬盘为几个鲜明的间隔. 每个partitionoccupies一个肢体单独领域的硬盘和功能几乎就像是一个[屏蔽] 硬盘. 也因为如此,partition可以有自己的名称,或帽子, 可以有自己的操作系统和文件系统 或者可以简单操作作为额外的地区更好地组织您的文件. 在Windows和DOS,partition通常指派驱动信件如c:,d:,e:, 等类型的间隔划分术语小学间隔一个硬盘可以划分为最多四个 小学间隔. 首次划分了硬盘的编号partition0; 后来小间间隔1,第2和第3. 扩展和逻辑间隔为四个多间隔, 小间隔可以指定为扩展分区. 延长的划分,可分为几个章节称为logicalpartitions. bootablepartitions一些partitions可以开机, 这意味着一个操作系统,可以启动从该partition. 开机的隔墙也被称为一个积极的分割. 非bootablepartition无法初始化操作系统. 能力划分为开机控制的操作系统. 举例来说,dos,windows95, 与Windows98只允许初级partitionstobebootable不会允许一个逻辑partitiontobebootable. 相形之下,其他操作系统包括OS/2和Linux可以安装允许逻辑分区来开机. 为了启动起来,每一个PC机必须至少有一名bootablepartition. 使用Windows95/98或DOS, 这种划分通常是一次积极的小学划分(partition0)第一硬盘的电脑(驱动 0),是默认指派一个驱动字母C:. 运行不止一个操作系统的电脑,你会通常要配置一个单独bootablepartition 对每个OS. partitioning孕穗特性几个操作系统有更充分的讨论,在附录C:附加的考虑.