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- Start up with the OS you choose
- http://techrepublic.com.com/5138-10877-5889995.htmlHow many operating systems are bootable on your PC? We've seen a PC that could boot 8 different OSs, [b]can you top that?[/b]bootloadersI don't have technical documentation in front of me, so my numbers might be slightly off, but as far as I recall this is all true and accurate:The...
- Discussion threads 2005-10-06
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- BIOS detects hard drive, but bootable partition not found
- I've got a machine running xp here that just recently started giving me the message "disk read error, press ctrl + alt + delete to restart." I tried to run the recovery console to repair the boot sector, but the only partition option I get is the h: drive, which...
- Q&A 2009-05-17
- Extend Bootable partition size on RAID5
- Hi there, We have Dell poweredge server with dell perc 5/i RAID controller using which RAID level 5 is configured, now the problem is the bootable partition (C:) is very running very low on space. So also there is another partition D: the size of which is 1TB, so we...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-06
- Where do deleted files go in a non-bootable xp partition?
- I have a 40GB Hard Drive partitioned into two windows xp partitions and one hidden recovery partition. The C: Drive has my bootable Windows XP(16 GB),the F: Drive has a 19GB Non-bootable Windows XP logical partition, 1 GB is used by the hidden recovery partition. Recently, I downloaded big files...
- Q&A 2009-12-08
- Selecting specific harddrive or partition to install Windows XP
- How do I specify which harddrive or harddrive partition to install or reinstall Windows XP Professional on? From past experiences, the installation process appears to be tottally dependent on the install to decide where the installation will take place and there is no hint of where its chosen to...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-14
- Illustrated walk-through: Creating a bootable USB flash drive for Windows XP
- This article is also available as a PDF download.The ability to boot Windows XP from a USB Flash Drive UFDoffers endless possibilities. For example, you might make an easy-to-usetroubleshooting tool for booting and analyzing seemingly dead PCs. Or you couldtransport your favorite applications back and forth from home to work...
- Technical articles 2007-02-16
- Creating a bootable Windows partition on an external USB Harddrive
- I've now bought external harddrive housing with SATA->USB adapter for my internal SATA harddrive to be able to use it with my new portable. Is it possible to make a bootable windows partitions on it in addition to the bootable partition already on my internal harddive, and if it...
- Discussion threads 2007-02-15
- Server 2003 Recommended Partition Size
- Can anybody tell me what the recommended partition size is for a new Server 2003 installation? I'm installing an eval on a cheap PC with 256MB and 40GB HDD. I want to ceate a parition for the install files.This is NOT the industry recommended size. This is what...
- Q&A 2005-03-15
- 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
- Discussion threads 2006-12-29
- Partition Manager 2.44 (Windows)
- Save and Restore MBR. Create and Delete partitions. Format and Resize FAT-16 and FAT-32 file systems.Using Advanced Boot Manager create up to 31 primary bootable partition on a single hard drive. Create boot menu with automatic partition hide/unhide, password protection and booting from the second hard drive. Detection of the...
- Software downloads 2002-05-27
- How to make a HDD bootable on a Dell Desktop Computer
- I am working on a Dell Dimension 9150 and I have to install the original HDD as a second Sata drive and install a new drive as the first drive with windows XP on it. I discovered a when I attached the original drive to my computer and viewed the...
- Discussion threads 2008-12-09
- Installing Vista, XP and Linux to a new laptop
- I recently buy a new laptop which comes with Vista installed and because I find it very slow, I try to install another OS while retaining the original Vista to play with. I encounter several problems but finally I succeed in putting 3 OS's on the same laptop and everything...
- Discussion threads 2007-11-14
- Move Clone Win XP partition D to a bootable C
- HiI have a single 160GB drive PC that came with Windows XP Home as drive C: In order to run Visual Studio.NET 2003 and IIS I later added Windows XP Professional SP2 as partition D: I now wish Windows XP Professional SP2 (partition D:) to become my one and only...
- Q&A 2006-06-28
- Spotlight Question: How can I boot Windows 7 on the second partition?
- TR member help needed booting Windows 7TechRepublic member furiouszed needs help booting Windows 7 on the second partition. Now, the problem isn't as simple as it sounds. When furiouszed made the second partition Active, it resulted in the drive being completely unreadable.Take a look at the original post to see...
- Discussion threads 2010-01-28
- boot.ini and dual boot in xp
- boot.ini and dual boot in xpi want to have two completely independant bootable xp systems running on different IDE drives on my computer. as i´ve understood (?) from reading about and experementing on the subject, if you intsall different operating systems the boot sequence still needs to access the boot.ini...
- Discussion threads 2005-03-25
- Bootable 8 GB USB Flash Drive
- I need some help in making a 8GB Flash drive bootable to DOS utilizing FAT32. I successfully made a 256MB Flash Drive bootable to DOS utilizing FAT16. Need to use FAT32 on 8GB drive in order to have full 8GB partition. This is due to 2GB limit...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-07
- How do I make a HD bootable? Its in an HD enclosure.
- I have a laptop with no cdrom or floppy. I am trying to copy the windows installation files to the HD and make it bootable so I can install windows from a small partition on the drive onto a larger one. I have the small partition formatted Fat32 but I...
- Discussion threads 2009-01-11
- How to make a non-bootable image file bootable?
- Hi guys. I'm trying to install a clean copy of WinXP Pro. The original CD has got a few scratches on it so it will stop in the middle of the installation as some files couldn't be copied. Fortunately I created a copy as an image file with .img extension....
- Q&A 2009-07-27
- Changing a partition from Health Active to Healthy
- Using Windows XP Pro, in computer management I accidentally changed an external drive from Healthy to Healthy Active. I would like to reverse this but can't figure out how. Would appreciate any help.Thanks, DickSome thoughtsObviously your concern is that you have somehow reconfigured the external hard drive as a [i]bootable[/i]...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-09
- Deleting Partition & Re Installing
- I have my original disks that came with my computer and I would like to erase everything completely on the computer since there might be a virus and takes atleast 15 minutes just to load. Now Ive learned how to delete the main partition and reinstall but that was for...
- Discussion threads 2007-05-02
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