Logical partitions are those partitions contained within an extended partition. In terms of use they are no different than a non-extended primary partition. The number of logical drives that may be created in extended partition is limited by the number of available drive letters and the amount of hard drive space available for creating drives.

A partition on a hard drive which is capable of containing data and being recognized by an Operating System.

a partition inside the extended partition

a partition (section) of a disk which is not one of the primary partitions, and is defined in a

a partition that has been created inside of a primary partition

a partition that resides within an extended partition and receives a drive letter assignment (provided that the partition type is recognized by the operating system)

A partition that exists within an extended partition. See also "partition" and "extended partition."

A partition inside an extended partition, which is ``logical'' in that it does not exist in reality, but only inside the logical structure of the software.

The difference between an ordinary disk partition and a logical partition is analogous to the difference between a physical filesystem and the UNIX logical filesystem. A logical partition may span multiple physical disks, but is accessed transparently as if it were a single disk

(1.) One to three physical partitions (copies). The number of logical partitions within a logical volume is variable. (2.) A fixed-size portion of a logical volume. A logical partition is the same size as the physical partitions in its volume group. Unless the logical volume of which it is a part is mirrored, each logical partition corresponds to, and its contents are stored on, a single physical partition.