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Hi, Yep :), I always had more than 4, way more than 4. > If I remember correctly, an extended partition can also only hold 4 > partitions. Of which one in turn can again be an extended partition > which can hold 4 partitions. Of which one in turn can again be an > extended partition... etc > > But I don't know if that is supported by current OSes. :-? If it had been that limitation at any time might be decades ago. I always (over 2 decades) had a bunch of logical in an extended partition, following that is was allowed. Wikipedia, if it is trustable, agrees too :-? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_boot_record Anyway, I never had any problem. Regards.