wd 200 gig question

[azure]

I'll skip the complete story. But I had to reinstall xp and did a partial format on one of the partitions on my 200 gig. When in DOS it only allowed me to format up to 136 or so gigs. I can't remember how to redo the hardrive without losing the info on the other partition that did not get reformated. ( I had use of all 200 gigs before.) I I'd like to get use of the entire drive again. One of my partitions is just under 100 gigs. The other is only 16 or so.

Appreciate the help. I know it is not difficult, I just can't remember. I have done some searches and cannot find the answer.

 

[azure]

I figured it out. What is the 'logical drive' vs 'primary drive'?

 

[Ice Czar]

Originally posted by azure
I figured it out. What is the 'logical drive' vs 'primary drive'?

a logical drive is a subdivision of an extended partition
a single primary partition on a given HDD is allowed to have an extended partition, and deleting that priimary orphans the extended partition, making it and any logic partitions it contains inaccessable.

you are allowed either 4 primary partition or 3 primary partitions and an extended partition w\ logical drives

Primary, Extended and Logical Partitions (note the "active" designation)
Partitioning Strategies
Definition of System and Boot Partition (important if your dual booting)
Inside the Boot Process Part1 & 2