How is the hard disk partitioned?

How is the new hard drive partitioned? What is the hard disk partitioning method? This is what you need beginners to understand, in general, the hard disk partitioning principle is: regardless of which partitioning software is used, We have to follow the following sequence when creating partitions on a new hard disk: Setting up the primary partition → establishing the extended partition → establishing the logical partition → activating the primary partition → formatting all the partitions.

　　Introduction to Terminology:

Primary partition refers to the primary partition of a hard disk, which is the hard disk partition that contains the files and data necessary to boot the operating system, and the hard disk must have a primary partition to install the operating system on the hard disk.

An extended partition is a partition other than the primary partition, but it cannot be used directly, and it must be divided into logical partitions.

Logical partitioning is the D, E, F, and so on that we normally see in the operating system.

Partition format: "format is equivalent to the white Paper on the grid," and this partition format is like this "lattice" style, the different operating systems to play "lattice" way is not the same, the current Windows uses the partition format mainly FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, Almost all of these operating systems support FAT16. However, hard drives using the FAT16 partition format are inefficient, so today the partitioning format is rarely used.

The FAT32 uses a 32-bit file allocation table to greatly enhance its ability to manage the disk, which is currently the most used partition format, and WIN98/ME/2000/XP supports it. In general, when partitioning, King recommends that you best set the partition to the FAT32 format so that you get maximum compatibility.

The advantage of NTFS is that security and stability are extremely good. However, except WINNT/2000/XP, other operating systems do not recognize the partition format, so in DOS, Win9x do not see the format of the partition.