Guest b11_ Posted July 21, 2007 Posted July 21, 2007 When I boot partition D then open the disk utility that comes with Wxp, I see that partition C is the System Partition and partition D is the BOOT partition. What should I do so that partition D is both the System Partition and the Boot Partition?
Guest John John Posted July 21, 2007 Posted July 21, 2007 Re: System partition amd boot partition b11_ wrote: > When I boot partition D then open the disk utility that comes with Wxp, I see > that partition C is the System Partition and partition D is the BOOT > partition. What should I do so that partition D is both the System Partition > and the Boot Partition? Copy the System files boot.ini, ntldr, ntdetect.com to the from the current System to the Boot partition then mark the Boot partition active. The Active partition is always the System partition. If the partitions are on the same disk the boot.ini file should boot the installation without changes. Nonetheless, before you do this, and if you have a floppy diskette, you should make a floppy boot disk with an all purpose boot.ini file and test the disk to see if it can boot the Windows installation. By copying the files (above) instead of moving them, should things not work you can change things around by marking the "C:" partition active again, there are different, relatively easy methods of doing this on a non booting system. For this to work the current boot partition must have an NT Boot sector, it must have been formated using an NT operating system. If the current boot partition does not have an NT boot sector one can easily be written to it with the Recovery Console's fixboot command. John
Guest b11_ Posted July 21, 2007 Posted July 21, 2007 Re: System partition amd boot partition You say the Active partition is always the System partition. What are the drawbacks to booting a partition that is the boot partition but not the system partition? ___________________________________________________________ "John John" wrote: > b11_ wrote: > > > When I boot partition D then open the disk utility that comes with Wxp, I see > > that partition C is the System Partition and partition D is the BOOT > > partition. What should I do so that partition D is both the System Partition > > and the Boot Partition? > > Copy the System files boot.ini, ntldr, ntdetect.com to the from the > current System to the Boot partition then mark the Boot partition > active. The Active partition is always the System partition. > > If the partitions are on the same disk the boot.ini file should boot the > installation without changes. Nonetheless, before you do this, and if > you have a floppy diskette, you should make a floppy boot disk with an > all purpose boot.ini file and test the disk to see if it can boot the > Windows installation. > > By copying the files (above) instead of moving them, should things not > work you can change things around by marking the "C:" partition active > again, there are different, relatively easy methods of doing this on a > non booting system. For this to work the current boot partition must > have an NT Boot sector, it must have been formated using an NT operating > system. If the current boot partition does not have an NT boot sector > one can easily be written to it with the Recovery Console's fixboot command. > > John >
Guest John John Posted July 21, 2007 Posted July 21, 2007 Re: System partition amd boot partition PS. While the boot partition can be in an extended partition, the active partition *must* be a primary partition. John John wrote: > b11_ wrote: > >> When I boot partition D then open the disk utility that comes with >> Wxp, I see that partition C is the System Partition and partition D is >> the BOOT partition. What should I do so that partition D is both the >> System Partition and the Boot Partition? > > > Copy the System files boot.ini, ntldr, ntdetect.com to the from the > current System to the Boot partition then mark the Boot partition > active. The Active partition is always the System partition. > > If the partitions are on the same disk the boot.ini file should boot the > installation without changes. Nonetheless, before you do this, and if > you have a floppy diskette, you should make a floppy boot disk with an > all purpose boot.ini file and test the disk to see if it can boot the > Windows installation. > > By copying the files (above) instead of moving them, should things not > work you can change things around by marking the "C:" partition active > again, there are different, relatively easy methods of doing this on a > non booting system. For this to work the current boot partition must > have an NT Boot sector, it must have been formated using an NT operating > system. If the current boot partition does not have an NT boot sector > one can easily be written to it with the Recovery Console's fixboot > command. > > John
Guest John John Posted July 21, 2007 Posted July 21, 2007 Re: System partition amd boot partition No real drawbacks as such, and a necessity when multi-booting. On systems that only host single operating systems it makes for more partitions and drive letters to deal with and it may cause Windows to be on a drive other than "C:". There may also be some performance issues with pagefile placement if the computer has barely enough RAM and if it must often page, that issues may be minimal and easily solved by moving the pagefile if necessary. John b11_ wrote: > You say the Active partition is always the System partition. What are the > drawbacks to booting a partition that is the boot partition but not the > system partition? > ___________________________________________________________ > "John John" wrote: > > >>b11_ wrote: >> >> >>>When I boot partition D then open the disk utility that comes with Wxp, I see >>>that partition C is the System Partition and partition D is the BOOT >>>partition. What should I do so that partition D is both the System Partition >>>and the Boot Partition? >> >>Copy the System files boot.ini, ntldr, ntdetect.com to the from the >>current System to the Boot partition then mark the Boot partition >>active. The Active partition is always the System partition. >> >>If the partitions are on the same disk the boot.ini file should boot the >>installation without changes. Nonetheless, before you do this, and if >>you have a floppy diskette, you should make a floppy boot disk with an >>all purpose boot.ini file and test the disk to see if it can boot the >>Windows installation. >> >>By copying the files (above) instead of moving them, should things not >>work you can change things around by marking the "C:" partition active >>again, there are different, relatively easy methods of doing this on a >>non booting system. For this to work the current boot partition must >>have an NT Boot sector, it must have been formated using an NT operating >>system. If the current boot partition does not have an NT boot sector >>one can easily be written to it with the Recovery Console's fixboot command. >> >>John >>
Guest dobey Posted August 15, 2007 Posted August 15, 2007 Re: System partition amd boot partition Is he talking about partitions on the same HDD, or partitions on seperate HDDs? If the partitions are on the same HDD moving the pagefile will make no difference, and he is really wastng his time trying to make the boot partition and system partition the same. "John John" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message news:eVI4WJ8yHHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > No real drawbacks as such, and a necessity when multi-booting. On systems > that only host single operating systems it makes for more partitions and > drive letters to deal with and it may cause Windows to be on a drive other > than "C:". There may also be some performance issues with pagefile > placement if the computer has barely enough RAM and if it must often page, > that issues may be minimal and easily solved by moving the pagefile if > necessary. > > John > > b11_ wrote: > >> You say the Active partition is always the System partition. What are the >> drawbacks to booting a partition that is the boot partition but not the >> system partition? >> ___________________________________________________________ >> "John John" wrote: >> >> >>>b11_ wrote: >>> >>> >>>>When I boot partition D then open the disk utility that comes with Wxp, >>>>I see that partition C is the System Partition and partition D is the >>>>BOOT partition. What should I do so that partition D is both the System >>>>Partition and the Boot Partition? >>> >>>Copy the System files boot.ini, ntldr, ntdetect.com to the from the >>>current System to the Boot partition then mark the Boot partition active. >>>The Active partition is always the System partition. >>> >>>If the partitions are on the same disk the boot.ini file should boot the >>>installation without changes. Nonetheless, before you do this, and if >>>you have a floppy diskette, you should make a floppy boot disk with an >>>all purpose boot.ini file and test the disk to see if it can boot the >>>Windows installation. >>> >>>By copying the files (above) instead of moving them, should things not >>>work you can change things around by marking the "C:" partition active >>>again, there are different, relatively easy methods of doing this on a >>>non booting system. For this to work the current boot partition must >>>have an NT Boot sector, it must have been formated using an NT operating >>>system. If the current boot partition does not have an NT boot sector >>>one can easily be written to it with the Recovery Console's fixboot >>>command. >>> >>>John >>>
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