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Multiple partitions for an external USB hard drive used by Linux and Windows

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Mar 15, 202613316 views
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I want to split a large external USB hard drive into at least 2 partitions. I've heard that multiple partitions on a USB drive involves problems not associated with partitioning a regular IDE/SATA hard drive, especially with Windows. But I can't find specific information about it. What are those sp…

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Fix for: Multiple partitions for an external USB hard drive used by Linux and Windows

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Normally Windows does not support multiple partitions on USB, but Linux has no problems with it. Windows has no trouble seeing the other partitions, it just will not let you assign them drive-letters. One solution is to use a utility such as Lexar B…

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