Re: Set Partition Inactive

Off the top of my head I don't know for definite but I think it is on c

Matt

"Ron Sommer" wrote:

Where is boot.ini located?
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Ronald Sommer

"Matt" <Matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:7D1D104E-0043-4F0B-B4E3-A28046F91460@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
: Therein lies the rub because I now want to re install to a new os and want
to
: make sure that the boot partition is on c. So now I have the incorrect
letter
: I want to set my storage drive (currently c) inactive so that the new os
will
: install as c.
:
: Unless there is another way to effectively swap the drive letters?
:
:
: "Seahawk60B" wrote:
:
: > On Mar 20, 8:10 am, Matt <M...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
: > > Thanks for the reply but this wasn't what happened when I tried it.
This was
: > > the process I followed:
: > >
: > > I started with two partitions c (boot) and d (storage)
: > >
: > > I booted from the xp disc
: > >
: > > I deleted the partition c and created a new partition in the old
location
: > >
: > > Everything worked fine except windows installed onto d and swapped the
: > > storage drive letter to c!
: > >
: > > Why did that happen?
: > >
: > > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
: > >
: > > > "Matt" <M...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
: > > >news:1E824E34-1C31-4116-A729-929D8B42E9FC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
: > > > > I am installing a fresh copy of xp and want to avoid the problem I
had
: > > > last
: > > > > time where it installed onto d: due to the fact that I have
another
: > > > partition
: > > > > with a lot of data on it. I can currently boot into windows so
want to set
: > > > > the d partition inactive so theat the fresh install defunately
goes onto
: > > > c.
: > > > > My question is - how can I set a partition inactive to achieve
this? I
: > > > have
: > > > > read some references to fdisk but that only appears to work with
fat32.
: > >
: > > > > Any advice appreciated
: > >
: > > > fdisk.exe can set any partition active, even NTFS partitions.
: > > > However, it cannot remove the active flag. You would need
: > > > a partition table editor such as ptedit.exe.
: > >
: > > > However, you won't need to remove the active flag since
: > > > the installation process pays no attention to it. It does
: > > > exactly what you tell it to do: You will get a choice of
: > > > partitions where Windows should go. If you select drive C:
: > > > then this is where it will go.
: >
: > Since you deleted the partition (C:), the drive letters were
: > reassigned and D: now became C:
: > Your new partition then became D:
: > You can easily avoid this, because there's no need to delete the old
: > partition, just reformat it to install a fresh copy.
: >
: >


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