Operating System/ Partitions

[jagzc]

HI Guys,

I have one hard-drive in which I installed my operating system
c: vista 32

now on the same HDD I have partitioned off another which I installed another operating system on.
z: Vista 64

If I delete my first operating system will my second operating system themn become my master operating system? with no problems?

thanks

 

[masterasia]

You may need to fix the MBR (master boot record). In the MBR it still wants to boot from the first partition. You'll need to create a new one so that it sees the your second partition as the first one.

http://www.lancelhoff.com/how-to-fix-vista-mbr-repair-broken-vista/

 

[dndhatcher]

In your disk manager there should be a way to mark a partition as active. The active partition is what it should try to boot from.

 

[jagzc]

so if i make that the active boot then delete my first OS install i should be ok:? or shall i just start from scratch ? delete everything and do a fresh install ?

 

[thuan]

You should delete the first partition, move Vista 64 partition to the start of the disc (OS partition should be near the start of the HD as much as possible), a free solution like QPart can do this. Then you can use the Windows repair feature with the installation DVD.

 

[masterasia]

Another idea is to grab another hard drive and clone the partition to it.

 

[jagzc]

Another idea is to grab another hard drive and clone the partition to it.

what app would i use for that ?

 

[masterasia]

what app would i use for that ?

I'm using Acronis.

 

[dndhatcher]

You can go to cnet and search for free partition managers.