Each MBR contains information about its own disk. It
has no information about other disks.
The registry is likely to contain information about a second
disk in lots of places. One obvious place is here:
HKLM\SYSTEM\MountedDevices
Delete all lines that refer to drive letters other than those
you still have, then reboot the machine. This is a safe
operation - even if you delete DriveC:\ (for example),
Windows will regenerate it at the next boot.
I find Pointsec's attitude unacceptable. If this is how they
support (or fail to support) their product then I wouldn't
touch it. What you now have is a minor issue. Imagine how
you would fare if you had a major issue, e.g. a problem
decrypting a file!
"Wiley C" <WileyC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:5D1B6437-E776-46CB-BA70-920782E8986D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I need to delete the reference to the 2nd partition that Pointsec is
> detecting.
>
> It would be helpful, of course, if I knew where Pointsec was looking, but
I
> don't have that information.
>
> I hav ASSUMED that the information is in the MBR. It doesn't appear to be
> in the boot.ini file, which I included in my initial post.
>
> WC
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
>
> >
> > "Wiley C" <WileyC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:626AD315-AE59-469D-9A98-7699290DD6D7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Compaq Presario SR1020NX
> > > Desktop
> > > Windows XP Home SP2 NTFS
> > > C: is the user partition
> > > D: is the "system recovery" partition
> > >
> > > Pointsec, an encryption program needs to be installed. However,
Pointsec
> > > detects the presence of a 2nd bootable partition & stops. Pointsec
tech
> > > support said: "It is not our problem. Get rid of the non-user
partition or
> > > buy a new computer."
> > >
> > > I deleted the partition from "disk management", then copied the C:
> > partition
> > > to a 2nd, identical drive. Ran Pointsec, same error.
> > >
> > > I booted with a Win XP Home SP2 CD, ran fixmbr. I was informed of a
> > > non-standard or corrupt mbr, & asked if I wanted to proceed. I
proceeded &
> > > was informed that the MBR had been fixed. Ran Pointsec, same error.
> > >
> > > Compaq told me to use their "recovery tool cd", to remove the system
> > > recovery partition. I ran the recovery toold cd, but the option to "
> > remove
> > > the system recovery partition" was greyed out / inactive.
> > >
> > > Compaq told me to fdisk, format, re-install, using their recovery
disks.
> > > Unfortunately, not only would that re-create the recovery partition,
the
> > > user's programs would have to be re-installed & the data re-stored,
with
> > no
> > > guarantee that we will be able to get rid of the reference to the 2nd
> > > partition.
> > >
> > > Disk manager identifies only 1 partition, which is utilizing the
entire
> > HDD.
> > >
> > > I tried fdisk from a Win 98 boot disk, but it saw only the C:
partition.
> > >
> > > I installed Partition Magic, but, again, only a single partition is
> > visible.
> > >
> > > contents of boot.ini
> > > [boot loader]
> > > timeout=3
> > > default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
> > > [operating systems]
> > > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
> > > Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
> > > C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons
> > >
> > > Further steps I have considered:
> > > 1. buy a new computer;
> > > 2. upgrade to XP Pro, for encryption;
> > > 3. use a different 3rd party encryption program, but run the risk of
the
> > > same problem happening.
> > >
> > > Your help is greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > WC
> >
> > I'm trying to work out what your actual question is. Do
> > you want to know how to convert your current disk so
> > that you have a single partition with a clean MBR and
> > no recovery partition?
> >
> >
> >
.
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