Re: Partition Strange After Clean XP SP2 Install

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"Fidelis K" <sdfs@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I recently did a clean XP SP2 install on my 2nd PC. It had 2 hard disks and
I partitioned them as follows when installing the XP.

1. SATA 160GB partitioned into 4x40GB drives.
2. IDE Master 160GB as a single disk.

Hmm, seems you partitioned the first 160GB hard drive here...


XP somehow assigned D: to the IDE drive, so I manually changed drive
letters in disk management so that:
SATA 160GB --> C, D, E & F
IDE Master 160GB --> G

Then, I added an IDE Slave 160GB assigned as H.

Q1. Obviously, XP correctly recognizes that C: is primary and D, E & F are
logical. However, XP reports that G: is primary and H: is logical. I
didn't create any partitions on the IDE hard drives. So, why is the Master
IDE

You previously indicated partitioning that hard drive.
Maybe you're mistaken?

drive (G:) is primary and why is the Slave IDE drive (H:) logical?

Q2. "Disk Management" in XP reports G drive as "disk 0," H drive as "disk
1" and the SATA drive where the OS resides as "disk 2." Shouldn't the OS
drive be "disk 0"???


The disk number is a bios function. Which hard drive is sought for booting
is a bios function.

So, I'm worried that partitioning may have been screwed up. Can anyone
shed some light on these issues? Thanks in advance.



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