Re: Active-Inactive Partitions?
- From: cattanack@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:24:09 -0700
Jethro wrote:
I have a system someone else set up that now has two partitions on the
machine's single drive. The original OS was ME and XP HOME was
installed on it. He ended up with the old ME portion and all its apps
in partition C, and the new XP portion in partition D. Partition C is
the active partition. At boot-up you get the option of selecting ME
or XP, and both seem to work fine.
I want to delete partition C and then add it's space to partition D.
PQMagic warns me to be sure to make the remaining partition the new
active partition after partition C is deleted. I am afraid to proceed
because I can find no way to specify (set) whether a partition is
active or not. I remember the old FDISK
Did I say fixmbr?
To clarify:
FIXBOOT
fixboot drive name:
Use this command to write the new Windows boot sector code on the
system partition. In the command syntax, drive name is the drive
letter where the boot sector will be written. This command fixes
damage in the Windows boot sector. This command overrides the default
setting, which writes to the system boot partition. The fixboot
command is supported only on x86-based computers.
FIXMBR
fixmbr device name
Use this command to repair the MBR of the boot partition. In the
command syntax, device name is an optional device name that specifies
the device that requires a new MBR. Use this command if a virus has
damaged the MBR and Windows cannot start.
So fix boot is the command to use.
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