Re: New build - Active partition query

In message <E9E53F57-9060-43D2-8336-A7540FD4A16C@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, nass <nass@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes


"rbelNews" wrote:

New PC build, new SATA drive with Win XP Home SP2.

Just added an IDE drive from an older PC and Disk Management is showing
as disk 0 and the first partition of this as a logical drive and
*active* (there is no system or data on it).

The SATA drive with the system loaded is now shown as disk 1 (was disk
0) and the C partition as healthy (system).

This system is booting OK, although pausing for confirmation of the IDE
disk for some reason, but I would have thought the C partition on the
SATA drive should be the active one but I cannot find a way of
'inactivating' the current active partition.

Grateful for any advice.

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rbel

Hi,
What happen if you Right click " My Computer" and select Manage.
On The Computer Management expand the Storage and select " Disk Management".
On there Make sure the C:\Partition selected and click on the Setting icon
on the Toolbar at the top, there you will see two tabs:

Appearance | Scaling

Click on Appearance and change the settings to be Primary partition.
The same with the Other IDE and you can assign a Drive Letter for it and set
it to Secondary Partition.
HTH.
nass


The C partition on the SATA drive is already indicating (dark blue) that it is a primary partition.

Will setting the first partition on the IDE drive to secondary change the active property?

--
rbel
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