What is a primary partition?
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What is a primary partition?
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A hard disk can be divided into multiple partitions for the purpose of organizing storage of files or supporting multiple operating systems on a single computer. A primary partition is created on a basic disk and can be configured as active or bootable. A user can create up to four primary partitions on a computer running the Windows operating system. When a user configures a multi-boot computer, he must create a primary partition for each operating system and then install each operating system on a separate partition.
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