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If you're going to be using the rest of the hard drive, it really makes no difference. &nbsp;The only time you will *need* an extended partition is if you are going to have more than four partitions on one hard drive.
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If you're going to be using the rest of the hard drive, it really makes no difference.  The only time you will *need* an extended partition is if you are going to have more than four partitions on one hard drive.

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Set it as extended, so that yo can easily add or split it in the future, since you may already have 1 or 2 more primary partitions for setup and recovery options.<br />
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Set it as extended, so that yo can easily add or split it in the future, since you may already have 1 or 2 more primary partitions for setup and recovery options.

Win 2003 best practices analyzer

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Even if the original poster has two partitions already, if the new one will take the entirety of the drive and be bisected later on, that still amounts to four partitions, which is the maximum number of primary partitions, so it should not be a problem. &nbsp;Context is everything.
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@SysExpert:

Even if the original poster has two partitions already, if the new one will take the entirety of the drive and be bisected later on, that still amounts to four partitions, which is the maximum number of primary partitions, so it should not be a problem.  Context is everything.

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I used the primary partition option. &nbsp;So now the disk has only 2 partitions. &nbsp;Good enough?
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I used the primary partition option.  So now the disk has only 2 partitions.  Good enough?

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Im partitioning the rest of my dik space on my server. &nbsp;I have used 50 gb for the operating system on on partition. &nbsp; And the rest of the partiton I want to have for file sharing. &nbsp;should I partition the rest as a primary partition or an extended partition?
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Im partitioning the rest of my dik space on my server.  I have used 50 gb for the operating system on on partition.   And the rest of the partiton I want to have for file sharing.  should I partition the rest as a primary partition or an extended partition?

primary or extended partition?

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).