What is difference between basic and dynamic disk?
From Windows 2000 onwards, started to introduce the concept of dynamic disks, and as early as in the DOS era began to use basic disks. However, they have their own advantages and disadvantages. Here is a detailed article to discuss the difference between basic disk and dynamic disk in Windows 2000/XP/2003/2008/Vista and Windows 7. Overview Basic Disk Basic Disk uses a partition table to manage all partitions on the disk, and it is supported by DOS and all Windows versions. A disk with installed OS would be default initialized to a basic one. A basic disk contains basic volumes, such as primary partitions, extended partition, and all logical partitions are contained in extended partition. Dynamic Disk Dynamic Disk is supported in Windows 2000 and later operating system. Dynamic disks do not use a partition table to track all partitions, but use a hidden database (LDM) to track information about dynamic volumes or dynamic partitions on the disk. With dynamic disks you can create volumes
