Which statement describes a primary partition?

The statement that describes a primary partition is:

“It is a physical section of a hard disk. It can contain an operating system to boot the system and cannot be subdivided.”

This statement correctly defines a primary partition. In the context of disk partitioning, a primary partition is a physical portion of a hard disk. Each primary partition can be used to install and boot an operating system, and it appears to the operating system as a separate disk. A primary partition cannot be subdivided into smaller sections (in contrast to an extended partition, which can be subdivided into logical drives). On a disk using the Master Boot Record (MBR) partitioning scheme, up to four primary partitions can be created.

The other statements refer to different concepts:

• “It is often used to organize data storage by subdividing it into as many as 23 logical sections.” This describes logical drives within an extended partition, not a primary partition. An extended partition can be subdivided into multiple logical drives, which can be used for organizing data.
• “It is used to boot an operating system by default.” While this statement could be true for a primary partition, it’s a bit too vague and general. It doesn’t specifically define what a primary partition is.
• “It is a section of an extended partition on an MBR. It can be used to separate information for administrative purposes.” This statement accurately describes logical drives within an extended partition. Logical drives are subdivisions of an extended partition and are used for data organization and storage, but they are different from primary partitions.