partitioning hard drive from vista to dual boot xp

Arno Wagner wrote in news:6cpahiF3hhfb0U1@mid.individual.net
> Previously Ed Light <nobody@nobody.there> wrote:
> > Arno Wagner wrote:
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> > > I was referring to "lots of _them_ on disk". If "them" is
> > > partitions and not primary partitions, then I agree.
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> > Are you saying that there can be lots of potential primaries on the disk
> > waiting for their chance but only four can really be primaries at any
> > one time?
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> There are exactly 4 entries in the primary partition table.

> Whatever is in there is a primary partition.
> Nothing else is.

Babblebot, clueless as always.

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> > I thought they were all primaries but only four can be in a
> > boot menu item (due to only 4 can be in an MBR). bootitng - aka BING -
> > creates an "EMBR" - extended master boot record - if you want to have
> > more than 4 primaries on the disk. You then have to use only BING as a
> > partition manager.
>
> > Anyhow, the BING home page says "create over 200 primary partitions if
> > desired."
>
> It cannot. However it can likely change what is in the
> primary partition table at boot.
>
> Arno
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> > http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/boo...generation.htm
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> > The page has a link to the Manual:
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> > http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/downloads/bootitng.pdf
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