Active Drive

[Guest JustUs]

For some unknown reason my external USB drive thinks it is Active - Disk

Management says so. I am unable to change it via WinXP. I tried

PartitionMagic and it won't let me either. What do I need to do?

 

Thanks in advance :)

[Guest Andrew E.]

RE: Active Drive

 

Try run,type:cmd In cmd type:DiskPart In DiskPart,type:HELP A list of

disk cmds gets you going.

 

"JustUs" wrote:

> For some unknown reason my external USB drive thinks it is Active - Disk

> Management says so. I am unable to change it via WinXP. I tried

> PartitionMagic and it won't let me either. What do I need to do?

>

> Thanks in advance :)

[Guest JustUs]

RE: Active Drive

 

Did that already. Nothing changes. Tried to set H to inactive - nothing

happened. Tried to set C: as active nothing there either.

 

"Andrew E." wrote:

> Try run,type:cmd In cmd type:DiskPart In DiskPart,type:HELP A list of

> disk cmds gets you going.

>

> "JustUs" wrote:

>

> > For some unknown reason my external USB drive thinks it is Active - Disk

> > Management says so. I am unable to change it via WinXP. I tried

> > PartitionMagic and it won't let me either. What do I need to do?

> >

> > Thanks in advance :)

[Guest sgopus]

RE: Active Drive

 

What's the problem?

is it trying to boot to the USB only? disconnect it and boot.

 

"JustUs" wrote:

> Did that already. Nothing changes. Tried to set H to inactive - nothing

> happened. Tried to set C: as active nothing there either.

>

> "Andrew E." wrote:

>

> > Try run,type:cmd In cmd type:DiskPart In DiskPart,type:HELP A list of

> > disk cmds gets you going.

> >

> > "JustUs" wrote:

> >

> > > For some unknown reason my external USB drive thinks it is Active - Disk

> > > Management says so. I am unable to change it via WinXP. I tried

> > > PartitionMagic and it won't let me either. What do I need to do?

> > >

> > > Thanks in advance :)

[Guest JustUs]

RE: Active Drive

 

Disconnecting really isn't a solution. There is a reason why I cannot remove

the active setting on the H drive. If disconnected the system boots from C: .

This has arisen out of NTLDR missing twice this week - and sure enough the

files needed in C: root are missing. Once copied back in the system functions

with no loss of data. I can only suppose that part of that error is being

caused from the H dirve being set active. I have run full AV and

Pest/Malware/Adware software and system is showing as clean. What I need a

solution in setting my H: drive as inactive - primary partition. I have tried

diskpart and unless I am not using it properly, it hasn't been able to change

H: either. Also, C: drive is active per PartitionMagic, but the System

notation is what shows - which is correct. H: active is the problem.

 

"sgopus" wrote:

> What's the problem?

> is it trying to boot to the USB only? disconnect it and boot.

>

> "JustUs" wrote:

>

> > Did that already. Nothing changes. Tried to set H to inactive - nothing

> > happened. Tried to set C: as active nothing there either.

> >

> > "Andrew E." wrote:

> >

> > > Try run,type:cmd In cmd type:DiskPart In DiskPart,type:HELP A list of

> > > disk cmds gets you going.

> > >

> > > "JustUs" wrote:

> > >

> > > > For some unknown reason my external USB drive thinks it is Active - Disk

> > > > Management says so. I am unable to change it via WinXP. I tried

> > > > PartitionMagic and it won't let me either. What do I need to do?

> > > >

> > > > Thanks in advance :)

[Guest Lil' Dave]

Re: Active Drive

 

Whether a partition on an external USB drive is active or not should not be

an issue. The active bit, when set, is a cue for the mbr on that same hard

drive to point the handover from the bios what partition to boot from. The

ONLY time that would be an issue is if you set the bios to boot from USB

before that hard drive where XP is actually located.

 

--

Dave

 

"JustUs" <JustUs@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:71E8BB0F-6BE0-403A-9744-F90AEC098869@microsoft.com...

> Disconnecting really isn't a solution. There is a reason why I cannot

> remove

> the active setting on the H drive. If disconnected the system boots from

> C: .

> This has arisen out of NTLDR missing twice this week - and sure enough the

> files needed in C: root are missing. Once copied back in the system

> functions

> with no loss of data. I can only suppose that part of that error is being

> caused from the H dirve being set active. I have run full AV and

> Pest/Malware/Adware software and system is showing as clean. What I need a

> solution in setting my H: drive as inactive - primary partition. I have

> tried

> diskpart and unless I am not using it properly, it hasn't been able to

> change

> H: either. Also, C: drive is active per PartitionMagic, but the System

> notation is what shows - which is correct. H: active is the problem.

>

> "sgopus" wrote:

>

>> What's the problem?

>> is it trying to boot to the USB only? disconnect it and boot.

>>

>> "JustUs" wrote:

>>

>> > Did that already. Nothing changes. Tried to set H to inactive - nothing

>> > happened. Tried to set C: as active nothing there either.

>> >

>> > "Andrew E." wrote:

>> >

>> > > Try run,type:cmd In cmd type:DiskPart In DiskPart,type:HELP A

>> > > list of

>> > > disk cmds gets you going.

>> > >

>> > > "JustUs" wrote:

>> > >

>> > > > For some unknown reason my external USB drive thinks it is Active -

>> > > > Disk

>> > > > Management says so. I am unable to change it via WinXP. I tried

>> > > > PartitionMagic and it won't let me either. What do I need to do?

>> > > >

>> > > > Thanks in advance :)