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What is the difference between a basic and dynamic drive in theWindowsServer2008environment?

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Question added by Faseeh Mohd koya , IT SUPPORT ENGINEER [L2] , Ministry of Sports and Youth
Date Posted: 2016/05/03
Shikhil kudilil
by Shikhil kudilil , Pre Sales Engineer , Magnum Networks Support Pvt Ltd

A basic disk embraces the MS-DOS disk structure; a basic disk can be divided into partitions (simple volumes).Dynamic disks consist of a single partition that can be divided into any number of volumes. 

Mohammed Uddin
by Mohammed Uddin , System Engineer , Zawata Global Consultant

Basic Disk uses a partition table to manage all partitions on the disk.

Dynamic disk uses hidden database (LDM) to track information about dynamic partitions.

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