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Terminology

All the different disk types will be explained in the following section.

Drive

In the following text, the term “drive” will be used to depict (single) partitions as well as logical drives in expanded par-

titions and volumes. A drive is a reserved area of the hard disk. Multiple drives can be found on a hard disk.

Drives are used, for example, to separate documents from programs. A division in at least two partitions has become

generally accepted:

l Drive C: for operating systems and programs

l Drive D: for documents, e.g. photos, Office documents, music, etc.

This makes it easier to image or restore data using data imaging products such as O&O DiskImage.

Basic disks

A basic disk is a physical disk, e.g., a hard disk. On a basic disk it is not possible to create dynamical volumes.

Dynamic disks

A dynamic disk is a physical disk, e.g., a hard disk, which is so formatted that it’s also able to support dynamic volumes.

Dynamic volumes can be sprawled over a number of disks.

Dynamic disks from new or unknown hard disk will initially be displayed as unallocated spaces. With the help of O&O

PartitionManager, you can import them so that they will be displayed as dynamic disks.

Note: Certain problems may arise when trying to import disks of various Windows Versions, e.g., W2K and XP. This

is why you should only import disks of the same Windows Version.

MBR and GPT layout

Basic and dynamical disks can be structured according to a MBR (Master Boot Record) or GPT (GUID Partition Table)

Layout.

It’s possible to create up to four primary partitions on a basic disk, or three primary partitions and one extended par-

tition.

On a basic disk with a GPT layout it is possible to have up to 128 partitions without the need for an extended partition.

On a dynamical disk with a MBR layout it is possible to create unlimited dynamical volumes.

On a dynamical disk with a GPT layout it is possible to create up to 128 dynamical volumes.

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