What is an extended partition?
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What is an extended partition?
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There are three types of partitions that can be created on a basic disk, namely primary, logical, and extended. An extended partition allows a user to allocate logical partitions. It cannot be formatted with any file system. A user can create any number of logical partitions within an extended partition.
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