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More info?)
Thanks to all for help offered.
I have repartitioned, reformatted, reinstalled. Whilst it looks OK now. I
wasn't given any opportunity to mark the partition as Active from within
setup - and wasn't overly concerned as I thought I would be able to do this
from Computer Management - however, I am only able to mark either the 2nd or
3rd partitions as active, when I try to do so for the 1st partition - the
option is dimmed out. Is this an issue now, or in the future?
Thanks again.
DeeDee
"R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:ucAOa0HsFHA.2348@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Just one other point about Partitioning with the XP CD. Partitions are
> generally initialized by a system boot. If you use the XP CD to change
> the structures, I would exit the Install process after changes and boot
> the machine again. This ensures that partitions are as you expect and
> that Drive letters are assigned correctly. This can help you avoid the
> end result of XP being installed on Drive D:, E:....In other words make
> your changes and restart the installation process to verify that it is in
> fact the way you want - those 5-7 minutes are worth it.
>
> "Ron Sommer" <rsommer@nospam.ktis.net> wrote in message
> news:%23dUYGvHsFHA.1132@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > You don't have to reinstall, but now would be the best time to
straighten
> > up the partitions.
> > D has the boot files, so if you deleted D, then XP won't boot.
> > Boot to the install CD.
> > Cancel the install and go into maintenance.
> > Delete the first partition, create a primary partition, format and make
it
> > active, install XP.
> > There is no need to delete the other partitions.
> > --
> > Ron Sommer
> >
> > "DeeDee" <DeeDee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:36C0E878-CCD7-410F-ABF8-9DCC7E707593@microsoft.com...
> >> Thank you so much for responding Ron.
> >>
> >> I activated XP yesterday! Then reinstalled. So will have to
reactivate
> >> over the phone - hope they do this 24/7. I have to get this finished!
> >>
> >> The c: (1st) extended partition/logical drive has XP Pro & Programs
> >> installed on it.
> >> The d: (2nd) partition/primary drive is just for data
> >> The e: (3rd) partition/primary drive is for backups.
> >>
> >> None of the drives are marked as "active".
> >>
> >> So, no D is not the first partition. And I didn't reletter the drives.
> >> c:
> >> is 20gig
> >>
> >> It sounds like I do need to reinstall. Which is fine if I do. I just
> >> want
> >> to get it finished and get it right finally. (I hope!)
> >>
> >> In which case I would be doing clean install of XPsp1 by:
> >>
> >> deleting ALL existing partitions
> >> create first partition and reformat using XP setup
> >> install XPsp1 on first partition
> >> once XP is installed and loaded, create and format the remaining
> >> partitions
> >> from within windows using XP
> >>
> >> and, I need to nominate c as the "active" partition?
> >>
> >> Does that sound right?
> >>
> >> Thanks for your help and any further assistance you can offer.
> >>
> >> DeeDee
> >>
> >> "Ron Sommer" wrote:
> >>
> >>> The activation information was stored on the drive that you
reformatted.
> >>> If it has been over 120 days since the last activation, you should be
> >>> able
> >>> to activate over the Internet.
> >>> If not then just activate over the phone.
> >>>
> >>> The names commonly used for partitions containing the startup and
> >>> operating
> >>> system files are system and boot partitions, respectively.
> >>> D has the startup files for XP. It must be the active partition.
> >>> Is it the first partition? It doesn't make any difference, just
> >>> curious.
> >>> Did you reletter the drives?
> >>> What size is C?
> >>> --
> >>> Ron Sommer
> >>>
> >>> "dw" <deedee@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >>> news:ewCn98EsFHA.904@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> >>> >I reinstalled XPsp1, by deleting the partition it was originally
> >>> >installed
> >>> > on, recreating the partition, and reformatting the partition, then
> >>> > reinstalling via Windows Setup.
> >>> >
> >>> > Now when I try to get Windows Updates it wants me to reactivate. My
> >>> > system
> >>> > has not changed so why do I have to reactivate?
> >>> >
> >>> > ALSO
> >>> >
> >>> > I recreated the partition, and reformatted it, during XPsp1 sestup,
> >>> > and
> >>> > then
> >>> > reinstalled XPsp1 - now, when I view the disks via Computer
Management
> >>> > it
> >>> > shows:
> >>> > C: (the recreated/reformatted/with reinstalled XPsp1 partition)
as
> >>> > Extended Partition - Logical Drive (Boot)
> >>> > D: (data) as Primary Partition (System)
> >>> > E: (backups) as Primary Partition
> >>> >
> >>> > So, do I have to start over again? (I began this little adventure
> >>> > back on
> >>> > Thursday evening - I think I have stuffed up everything I could have
> >>> > so
> >>> > far!
> >>> > :-/.)
> >>> >
> >>> > Thanks for any assistance.
> >>> >
> >>> > DeeDee
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> >
>
>
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