Lab Report 13.1

1.	What is the difference between the FDISK and FORMAT commands?
2.	What types of partitions does FDISK recognize?
3.	What is an extended partition?
4.	How do you tell the computer which drive to boot from?

Answers

1.	FDISK creates the space for the partition. FORMAT makes the partition usable by installing the filesystem.
2.	FDISK recognizes primary and extended DOS partitions.
3.	An extended partition allows you to create logical drives inside the partition.
4.	You boot from the active partition.