The most obvious difference between basic and dynamic disks lies in operating system support. While all versions of Windows--even DOS--support basic disks, we can't say the same for dynamic disks.

I'm trying to understand the difference between basic and dynamic disks. From what I've read I think I understand basic disks well enough since this is what I've been using. But what about dynamic ...

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