Article ID: 41189
Article Last Modified on 5/12/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft MS-DOS 3.1
- Microsoft MS-DOS 3.2 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 3.21 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 3.3 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 3.3a
- Microsoft MS-DOS 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 4.01 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0a
- Microsoft MS-DOS 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 6.2 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 6.21 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q41189
SUMMARY
The maximum number of logical drives that can be contained in an extended partition is 23. Thus, with an active MS-DOS partition, and all 23 logical drives (in the extended partition) allocated, this gives 24 hard-disk drives (23 + 1) that can be used, in conjunction with other virtual RAM drives, network drives, and floppy-disk drives. The maximum number of total drives that MS-DOS can use is 26: Drive A through Drive Z.
Additional query words: 6.22 3.30 3.30a 4.00 4.01 5.00 5.00a 6.00 6.20
Keywords: KB41189
