Re: Boot up files


<snip>

OK

I booted up my XP machine...it has two HD's in it

From disk management, though I can designate the second primary
partition as
active...

The "boot" drive is designated as "system"
and there is no way to unmark it as such.

And now I see (not that it matters)

There is no way for me to un-designate the 2nd drive as active.

You can't "Unmark" an active partition. If the disk has two or more
primary partitions simply right click on one of the non-active
partitions and the option to Mark it as active will be available, when
you mark it active the flag will automatically be removed from the
previously active partition.

John



Well I just created a 2nd primary partition
(with PM)

and gave it a try from within disk management...

and it worked just like you said...

of course I changed it back so I'd be able to bootup the machine.

It was just an extra cloned drive...so I was not too worried about ruining
anything

So I actually learned something today <G>


Hey...it stopped snowing too!!!


.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Linux community software-update-anarchy polemic
    ... Remember, I'm just a monkey. ... That implies that if you have one disk per partition, ... Trust the kernel or don't trust the kernel, but either way, both ...
    (comp.os.linux.misc)
  • SUMMARY: Moving /usr From Under Root "/" To Its Own Partition
    ... One of the reasons for doing this is to end up with a smaller root ... Install the boot block and boot off the new drive. ... " In order for the root partition to be fscked and remounted ... D> temporarily on the existing disk. ...
    (SunManagers)
  • Re: Two "expert" issues I must solve before upgading
    ... I think backups are different than the other fluff you suggest - more ... out there who had a disk crash and had to start from scratch. ... >image of your current Windows 98 OS partition. ... you can restore the disk image and get back quickly ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers)
  • Re: Found the chkdsk log [STOP error, data unviewable etc...]
    ... The type of the file system is NTFS. ... CHKDSK is recovering lost files. ... 33013543 KB total disk space. ... partition, etc. Oh well... ...
    (microsoft.public.win2000.file_system)
  • Re: Disk Utility to align tracks on a hardware RAID1 system
    ... you should contact you hard disk manufacture for resolution. ... > Microsoft provides RAID 1 based on software method. ... > This newsgroup only focuses on SBS technical issues. ... >>system partition but a separate drive or extended artition. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
Loading