Can Puppy read dynamic disks?
Posted: Fri 15 Feb 2013, 21:57
Can any version of puppy read a dynamic disk?
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Most likely, yes.Chraz_Ritt wrote:If I was booting puppy from a cd and had my save file on an internal HDD which also had Win 7 on it the Hdd would not have been a Win 7 type of dynamic disk?
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library ... s.85).aspxYou can create up to four partitions on a basic disk using the MBR partition scheme: either four primary partitions, or three primary and one extended. The extended partition can contain one or more logical drives.
Never tried putting Windows on an extended partition.I always install my Windows installs on the first primary partitions and then follow with the Linux partitions.Chraz_Ritt wrote:Have you by any chance put the Win 7 or C: partition in an extended partition?
Correct - definitely in the case of the Windows 7 operating system, and possibly true in the case of recovery files and tools.Chraz_Ritt wrote:The people from both companies posting as experts say that their software must be in a primary partition to function.
Chraz_Ritt wrote:Have you by any chance put the Win 7 or C: partition in an extended partition?
It's not possible.James C wrote:Never tried putting Windows on an extended partition.
Correct.Chraz_Ritt wrote:They both also claim that if there are more than 4 partitions on the HDD Win 7 will automatically convert the drives to dynamic.
I agree - this process may not update the boot record, and Windows 7 will be unbootable. You would then need to reinstall Windows 7 from scratch ... and you could not install Linux at all.Chraz_Ritt wrote:Yet the Windows Disk Management help file advises against intentionally converting a disk to dynamic without considering the consequences first
Yes, this is your easiest option. Since these partitions were created from a Windows environment, my preference would be to delete them from a Windows environment.Chraz_Ritt wrote:The HP expert tells me that because I have the recovery DVDs I can safely delete /dev/sda3, and /dev/sda4 to make space for partitions.
Ok, I'm officially confused you are agreeing with the what the HP and MS experts are saying while it runs contrary to what James says is his experience in this quote:tempestuous wrote:Correct.Chraz_Ritt wrote:They both also claim that if there are more than 4 partitions on the HDD Win 7 will automatically convert the drives to dynamic.
And contrary to what I thought you were saying in your earlier post where you showed a screenshot of a HDD with 2 primary, and 4 logical partitions. Now I understand that the screenshot may be of a HDD with Win 8 and not Win 7, but I thought that Win 8 also is supposed to convert the disks too. Adding to my confusion is the screenshot from James showing 3 primary and 8 or 9 logical partitions on which his ability to run Linux on the machine suggests to me that the disk is basic.James C wrote: For what it's worth, I multi-boot a number of Windows 7 machines with up to 12 partitions ......still as a basic disc...... no problems.
The 4th partition is extended. The extended partition is divided up into the desired number of logical partitions, which is where I place my Linux distros.
I think you haven't grasped the concept of logical partitions - these are "sub-partitions", so to speak, of a single extended partition.Chraz_Ritt wrote:in your earlier post where you showed a screenshot of a HDD with 2 primary, and 4 logical partitions.
To clarify this - the HP people are referring to primary partitions - which is the limit for a Basic disk.Chraz_Ritt wrote:They both also claim that if there are more than 4 partitions on the HDD Win 7 will automatically convert the drives to dynamic.