It uses traditional partition tables (MBR or GPT).
Supports up to four primary partitions, or three primary partitions plus one extended partition that can contain multiple logical drives.
Once partitions are created, their size or structure cannot be changed without deleting or reformatting them.
Compatible with all Windows versions and supports multi-boot configurations.
Simpler to use and manage, making it suitable for standard desktop or single-OS use.
Dynamic Disk type :
Introduced from Windows 2000 onwards, supports more advanced features.
Uses Logical Disk Manager (LDM) and can create volumes that span multiple disks (spanned, striped, mirrored, RAID-5).
Volumes can be resized, extended, or combined on the fly, even without rebooting in many cases.
More complex and flexible, supports advanced storage setups (e.g., software RAID, redundancy).
Not suitable for multi-boot with non-Windows systems and less compatible with older Windows versions.
Conversion from basic to dynamic disk can be done without data loss, but reverting from dynamic to basic generally requires deleting all volumes on the disk.
