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Why can I only have four partitions?

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Mar 15, 20269884 views
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Why is the limitation on the number of partitions set to 4? Any reference would be useful.

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The limitation is 4 Primary partitions and comes from the structure of the Master Boot Record(MBR). However, you could have 3 primary partitions and 1 extended partition which can have any number of logical partitions within it. EFI supports GUID pa…

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