Re: Setup Windows 2000 so that boot.ini is NOT on the root?

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From: George Hester (hesterloli_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 12/30/04 

Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 04:14:44 -0500

Right. But then that won't be C: Windows will assign a letter other than that upon install. I want it to be
C hence I need it active. The small partition does not have to be active. Windows will put a few files on
that when it is NOT installed on the Primary Drive on the Primary IDE channel. But if I try to install it in
an Active Partition on the Primary Drive of the Primary IDE channel it will install happily all in that Active
Partition. Seems the only way I can change that is to just manually change it's boot dir but I'm afraid info
is written to that Active Partition on the Primary Drive of the Primary IDE channel that will cause a
problem. If you think not then I can do it. If it does I'm stuck.

No more NOT C promise. 

-- 
George Hester
_________________________________
"Dave Patrick" <mail@Nospam.DSPatrick.com> wrote in message news:OBRRaHi7EHA.3856@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Currently your system partition is the 25 mB that you mention. You're asking 
> about installing Windows to an active partition on the primary drive so it 
> will now become the system partition. What you're asking is to have two 
> system partitions which won't be possible. On the other hand you *can* 
> create another primary (non-active) partition and install the operating 
> system there.
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> 
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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> 
> "George Hester" wrote:
> I understand.  The Primary Drive on the Primary IDE Channel has a small 
> partition I call
> the boot partition.  This is the partition Windows boots from when Windows 
> is not
> installed on the Primary Drive of the Primary IDE channel.  That boot 
> pasrtition is small
> 25MB.  I want to install Windows 2000 on the Primary drive in a Active 
> Partition but use
> the boot partition I just mentioned.  How?
> 
> I understand it may not be necessary.  I want to do what I have asked about. 
> I'll worry about drive letters since what they are is really irrelevant.
> 
> -- 
> George Hester
> _________________________________ 
> 
>

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