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can't change a drive letter

I have recently ghosted my hard disk onto another hard disk, and When i try to boot off the ghosted copy, it won't let me. I have narrowed it down to an incorrect drive letter, the ghosted copy being on drive D. I have tryed to change it...

Tags: Boot Partition, brad@..., computer, HD, windows

Q&A 2006-01-05

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Boot and System partitions

I need to make the first partition of a 3 partition Raid 5 drive from a boot partition into a boot and system partition. What would be the best way? Thankswell typically the drive letter C: would be assigned to the first partition and default install of a Windows operating...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, C/C++, Programming languages, shadrack

Q&A 2005-07-25

create extra boot partition in WIN XP

Is it possible to create another boot partition in WIN XP Professional? Let's say I have a C drive partition, Can I create another partition say F drive and clone all contents in C drive to F drive and create F drive as another boot partition. In this case...

Tags: choywg@..., Microsoft Windows XP

Q&A 2004-10-20

Active@ Partition Recovery (zip)

Active Partition Recovery is a DOS software tool that helps to recover undelete deleted partition and logical disks on PC hard drives. It can back up the MBR Master Boot Record, partition table, and boot sectors, and restore MBR from backup if the partition structure was damaged by a virus...

Tags: Active Data Recovery Software, Disk, Recovery, DOS, Active Partition Recovery

Software downloads 2005-08-01

Move boot partition off RAID5

I need to move an XP Pro boot partition off of a RAID5 (3x250GB) to a single drive. How do I do it? The boot Partition (C:) is about 25GB and the new drive is an 80GB WD SATA3.0Western Digital drive utilities copied the C: partition over to...

Tags: C/C++, Programming languages, RAID, riddler1@..., RAID5, C

Discussion threads 2007-05-02

Change boot drive from D: to C: where partitions are on same drive

I have a new system which came with C primary partition and a D logical drive on the same disk. I lost my registry, couldn't boot and couldn't recover, so reinstalled XP and programs onto the D drive to ensure I could recover all files etc on C. Now...

Tags: C, steve@..., drive partitions, windows, software, hardware, C Partition

Discussion threads 2007-02-04

Multiboot install of vista to second HDD

When multibooting to second hdd is it necessary to create a partition? With and without creating a partition, does it delete all existing data on that hdd?Excuse MeWell, if you do not have a partition on the drive, you can't do anything with it.You do not need to have a...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), hard drive, neiljmarriott@..., operating system

Discussion threads 2007-11-23

BartPE and two hard drives

I am having trouble getting bartpe to boot off of a partition on a second hard drive. The computers are Dell Precision 380's with dual maxtor 250GB drives. The setup is as follows:C partition drive 0 - 30GBD partition drive 2 - 250GBI would like to install bartpe...

Tags: bartPE, D Partition, Freespire, hard drive, ryan_cl@..., windows

Q&A 2006-08-30

Active Partition?

I recently installed a new hard drive in our W2K Standard Server Sp4, and accidentally set it as an Active Partition. With the new drive being active, I know that if I were to reboot I would get an NTLDR error, so I ended up deleting the new partition....

Tags: Active Partition

Q&A 2006-05-07

Extend Win2K server boot partition

Is there a reliable method of extending the primary partition on a Windows 2000 Server? Everything I have read doesn't support boot partitions on Win2K server.How to extend boot partitionHi,With SCSI Hard drive Installed use utility like Array Manager you can extend the size of a partition only on...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, networking, Roger99a, server

Discussion threads 2005-02-19

How can I restore my O/S?

I am running XP on my system and decided to partition the hard drive, with Partition Magic, to install Linux. Found out the hard way, it can't be done. I lost my O/S. Any suggestions on how I can re-install? I have a copy of XP that I made from...

Tags: iCompute, Microsoft Windows XP, networking, O/S, WinXph

Discussion threads 2005-01-28

Norton Ghosted drive won't boot

I've got two SATA drives in a WinXP machine, and I'm using Norton Ghost 2003 to "clone" (not "image") my main C: partition to the main partition of the second drive.I've made the main partition of the second drive "active" by using XP's Administrative Tools.But when I totally disconnect my...

Tags: gerryleone@..., Microsoft Windows XP, Norton Co.

Discussion threads 2007-06-29

Possible to work without boot.ini?

I was trying to clone bootItNG to clone my primary partition. AFter that I uninstalled bootItNG. Now there is boot.ini in my primary partition. Yet the system works as before. Many in this forum said that if you don't have boot.ini, the system won't boot. But mine does. By...

Tags: boot.ini, davidpaul@..., windows, XXClone

Q&A 2005-02-04

Problem in booting after resizing partition

I have RedHat Linux and Win XP on my machine and was using GRUB to boot either of them. It was working fine with menu to choose the OS to load. I wanted to move some extra space from Linux partition to windows. So I used Partition Magic to free...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux

Q&A 2005-03-05

Second Partition in Windows XP

Hi. I have had this problem a few months ago last time I re-installed my OS but now having just formatted my Windows partition again, the same has occurred and I cannot remember how to fix it!The story is:1. When windows is being installed and asks which drive you would...

Tags: Construction, Storage, Microsoft Windows XP, p.barns@..., RAID, window, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-06-03

creating a setup partition

Hello, how do i create a bootable partition without installing an operating system on it?In other words, is it possible to copy a windows xp installation cd on a new partition and boot from it?thank's

Tags: morphix55@...

Discussion threads 2006-12-29

Partition Magic Problem

I recently partitioned my hard drive into two parts: one 90-gig partition for Windows XP, and a 30-gig partition for my Windows Vista, using PartitionMagic. After deciding that I did not want Vista anymore, I deleted the Vista partition. However, whenever I turn on my computer, it STILL shows whether...

Tags: boot manager, Microsoft Windows Vista, theredemperor@..., partitionmagic, windows, partition, hardware, magic, Microsoft Windows XP, Partition Magic

Discussion threads 2007-02-23

Won't boot to 2nd HDD

Synopsis:I have two disks, both have XP Pro. Both installations work fine, but only one of the disks will boot. I have to boot to one disk in order to choose the other disk from the boot menu.Information:Disk180GB EIDEXP Pro NTFSHealthy SystemDisk2200GB SATAXP Pro NTFSHealthy BootWhat I did:I'm...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, hard drive, scottshell@..., Disk2 200GB SATA XP-Pro NTFS Healthy, Disk1 80GB EIDE XP Pro NTFS Healthy

Discussion threads 2007-09-08

DiskPatch (exe)

DiskPatch is a professional DOS based data recovery utility that recovers data by repairing corrupt disk structures, like the partition tables, 'in-place'. DiskPatch is designed to tackle the most common issues that prevent you from accessing your data; a corrupt MBR Master Boot Record, corrupt partition tables, accidentally deleted partitions,...

Tags: Boot Sector, Partition, DiskPatch

Software downloads 2007-12-29

Win XP boot.ini file

Below is the boot.ini file of my computer. I have two hard drives installed : 1..C: & E: and the 2: is D:.The first drive has two partitions. I intend to install WinXP again in D:When I use the the WinXP install CD is does not show the other partitions.Can...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, vivras@...

Discussion threads 2007-01-20