Guest John Posted September 11, 2007 Posted September 11, 2007 Hi I have two partitions on disk. I began installing xp, deleted and formatted primary partition and let the set-up finish the install. Once finished the set-up gave the primary partition drive letter C: and the other one drive letter D:. The problem is that set-up has also copied ntldr boot.ini etc on D: (secondary) partition instead of on primary (C:) partition. Why is that and is there a way to fix it such that xp is only on primary (C:) so I can delete D: partition should I need to without effecting xp? Thanks Regards
Guest Patrick Keenan Posted September 12, 2007 Posted September 12, 2007 Re: xp installed in wrong partition "John" <John@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message news:%23AQrpCL9HHA.1484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Hi > > I have two partitions on disk. I began installing xp, deleted and > formatted primary partition and let the set-up finish the install. Once > finished the set-up gave the primary partition drive letter C: and the > other one drive letter D:. The problem is that set-up has also copied > ntldr boot.ini etc on D: (secondary) partition instead of on primary (C:) > partition. Why is that and is there a way to fix it such that xp is only > on primary (C:) so I can delete D: partition should I need to without > effecting xp? > > Thanks > > Regards There is no practical way to fix this other than doing a reinstall. You cannot expect to either find or change all the explicit drive references in the registry and other files. If you have just set up the system, now is the time to just face the fact that a mistake occurred, wipe the drive and start over, taking care that XP goes to the intended drive. It'll just be more work to try to fix it later. HTH -pk
Guest John Posted September 12, 2007 Posted September 12, 2007 Re: xp installed in wrong partition What is it that I need to try differently while reinstalling? I formatted the relevant partition the last time and instructed the set-up to install in it. Set-up did create the windows folder in the relevant partition but copied the ntldr onto the second partition. How can I stop set-up from copying half the stiff onto second partition during install? Thanks Regards "Patrick Keenan" <test@dev.null> wrote in message news:%23neO1QO9HHA.5712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > "John" <John@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message > news:%23AQrpCL9HHA.1484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> Hi >> >> I have two partitions on disk. I began installing xp, deleted and >> formatted primary partition and let the set-up finish the install. Once >> finished the set-up gave the primary partition drive letter C: and the >> other one drive letter D:. The problem is that set-up has also copied >> ntldr boot.ini etc on D: (secondary) partition instead of on primary (C:) >> partition. Why is that and is there a way to fix it such that xp is only >> on primary (C:) so I can delete D: partition should I need to without >> effecting xp? >> >> Thanks >> >> Regards > > There is no practical way to fix this other than doing a reinstall. You > cannot expect to either find or change all the explicit drive references > in the registry and other files. > > If you have just set up the system, now is the time to just face the fact > that a mistake occurred, wipe the drive and start over, taking care that > XP goes to the intended drive. It'll just be more work to try to fix it > later. > > HTH > -pk > >
Guest Patrick Keenan Posted September 12, 2007 Posted September 12, 2007 Re: xp installed in wrong partition "John" <John@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message news:urcmDUO9HHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > What is it that I need to try differently while reinstalling? I formatted > the relevant partition the last time and instructed the set-up to install > in it. Set-up did create the windows folder in the relevant partition but > copied the ntldr onto the second partition. How can I stop set-up from > copying half the stiff onto second partition during install? > > Thanks > > Regards What partition is set to active? HTH -pk > > "Patrick Keenan" <test@dev.null> wrote in message > news:%23neO1QO9HHA.5712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> "John" <John@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message >> news:%23AQrpCL9HHA.1484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >>> Hi >>> >>> I have two partitions on disk. I began installing xp, deleted and >>> formatted primary partition and let the set-up finish the install. Once >>> finished the set-up gave the primary partition drive letter C: and the >>> other one drive letter D:. The problem is that set-up has also copied >>> ntldr boot.ini etc on D: (secondary) partition instead of on primary >>> (C:) partition. Why is that and is there a way to fix it such that xp is >>> only on primary (C:) so I can delete D: partition should I need to >>> without effecting xp? >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Regards >> >> There is no practical way to fix this other than doing a reinstall. You >> cannot expect to either find or change all the explicit drive references >> in the registry and other files. >> >> If you have just set up the system, now is the time to just face the fact >> that a mistake occurred, wipe the drive and start over, taking care that >> XP goes to the intended drive. It'll just be more work to try to fix >> it later. >> >> HTH >> -pk >> >> > >
Guest Bob I Posted September 12, 2007 Posted September 12, 2007 Re: xp installed in wrong partition I'm guessing you made and formatted two partitions during the install process? IIRC it installs to the last partition formatted. So start over but only format C:. John wrote: > What is it that I need to try differently while reinstalling? I formatted > the relevant partition the last time and instructed the set-up to install in > it. Set-up did create the windows folder in the relevant partition but > copied the ntldr onto the second partition. How can I stop set-up from > copying half the stiff onto second partition during install? > > Thanks > > Regards > > "Patrick Keenan" <test@dev.null> wrote in message > news:%23neO1QO9HHA.5712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > >>"John" <John@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message >>news:%23AQrpCL9HHA.1484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> >>>Hi >>> >>>I have two partitions on disk. I began installing xp, deleted and >>>formatted primary partition and let the set-up finish the install. Once >>>finished the set-up gave the primary partition drive letter C: and the >>>other one drive letter D:. The problem is that set-up has also copied >>>ntldr boot.ini etc on D: (secondary) partition instead of on primary (C:) >>>partition. Why is that and is there a way to fix it such that xp is only >>>on primary (C:) so I can delete D: partition should I need to without >>>effecting xp? >>> >>>Thanks >>> >>>Regards >> >>There is no practical way to fix this other than doing a reinstall. You >>cannot expect to either find or change all the explicit drive references >>in the registry and other files. >> >>If you have just set up the system, now is the time to just face the fact >>that a mistake occurred, wipe the drive and start over, taking care that >>XP goes to the intended drive. It'll just be more work to try to fix it >>later. >> >>HTH >>-pk >> >> > > >
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