Guest DennisQWilson@gmail.com Posted July 14, 2007 Posted July 14, 2007 The header pretty much says it all. I need to convert the partition containing Windows XP to a logical disk, but when I do, the operating system won't finish loading. This probably has to do with the HAL or something, but darned if I can figure out what. (The drive letters stay the same.) Can anyone tell me how I can get my currently installed Windows XP environment to load from a logical disk without reinstalling? Thanks.
Guest Gordon Posted July 14, 2007 Posted July 14, 2007 Re: Can't boot after converting to logical disk DennisQWilson@gmail.com wrote: > The header pretty much says it all. I need to convert the partition > containing Windows XP to a logical disk, but when I do, the operating > system won't finish loading. This probably has to do with the HAL or > something, but darned if I can figure out what. (The drive letters > stay the same.) > > Can anyone tell me how I can get my currently installed Windows XP > environment to load from a logical disk without reinstalling? > > Thanks. > You can't boot from a logical partition - it has to be primary and active. What are you trying to achieve by this?
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted July 14, 2007 Posted July 14, 2007 Re: Can't boot after converting to logical disk <DennisQWilson@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1184112992.746003.151180@e9g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > The header pretty much says it all. I need to convert the partition > containing Windows XP to a logical disk, but when I do, the operating > system won't finish loading. This probably has to do with the HAL or > something, but darned if I can figure out what. (The drive letters > stay the same.) > > Can anyone tell me how I can get my currently installed Windows XP > environment to load from a logical disk without reinstalling? > > Thanks. > The only way I know of is to use a third-party boot loader, e.g. XOSL. It has the ability to boot into any Windows installation, regardless of its location (master/slave, primary/ secondary IDE controller, primary/logical partition). However, installing a boot manager in order to restore your booting ability appears to be a case of the tail wagging the dog. Much easier to convert your partition back to primary!
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