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Hardisk partitoning

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rickson23 Original post #1
Jul 24, 2012 at 1:10 PM
i just installed Windows7 on logical partition?
What is active partition?
How to make partition active and viceversa ?
Is it ok to install on logical partition?
My secondary Internal HDD is shown as external?why?
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Tech&ME #2
Jul 24, 2012 at 2:48 PM
Active partition is usually the partition which contains the Operating System and is used to load the Operating System.

If you make such a partition inactive, Operating System on restart may not load.
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rickson23 #3
Jul 25, 2012 at 9:42 AM
How to check whic is active?
I installed OS on logical partition. Is that ok?