Thread: Converting 'Extended (Logical)' Partition to 'Primary'
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Old 02-04-2009, 11:37   #12
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Re: Converting 'Extended (Logical)' Partition to 'Primary'
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Originally Posted by Caspar View Post
Primary and Extended partitions are BASIC type, which is FAT32.

I'd advise you to use NTFS simple volume.

You can convert upto NTFS with no data loss.
The type of partition has nothing to do with it's format.

One of the machines I use at work is a PC with two partitions on one disk, both formatted as NTFS, but the disk type is "Basic"
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