Do disk partitions have to be different file systems ?
And another question, can a primary partition, with NTFS be divided into logical partitions that are NTFS ?
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You can create multiple partitions on a drive, all being different file types. Computer vendors including Dell and Compaq store their diagnostic utilities as a DOS based system on the same physical drive that hosts XP or Vista running as NTFS.
If you do create multiple file systems. Make sure you're running an Operating System the understands both. Windows 9x - ME do not support NTFS where Windows 2000 - Vista understands FAT, FAT32 and NTFS. Regarding your last question. Technically a primary partition cannot be further sub-divided. However if there is free space or you resize the primary, multiple extended partitions can be created from the remaining space. Then you can create your multiple logical drives
You can format multiple partitions using the same file system type (NTFS, FAT32, or whatever).
You can use RAID to have a single file system exist across multiple partitions, but doing so it pointless if the partitions exist on the same physical device.
If you divide a primary partition into logical partitions then it can not be formatted with any file system type - it contains logical partitions, not file systems.
different partitions can be formatted the same or differently and can be the same size or different sizes.
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