ACTIVE PARTITION

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Deedee,
The option is dimmed out because it is already the Active partition. You
can only set 1 Active partition at a time. When you set one of the 2 other
partitions in Active, Windows XP will not boot.

"dw" wrote:

> Hi, I've repartitioned, reformatted and reinstalled XP Pro. Before I call
> to have XP reactivated over the phone, would someone please be able to
> confirm that the configuration is OK as it is?
>
> I have 200g drive -
>
> c: (System) Primary Partition (not able to be marked as Active - option
> is dimmed)??
> d: DVD RW
> e: Primary Partition (can be marked as Active)
> f: Primary Partition (can be marked as Active)
> unallocated space
>
> should I be able to mark c: as Active? None are noted as Boot or MBR. The
> first partition was created and formatted in XP setup (I was not given any
> opportunity to mark the partition as Active in Setup). The two remaining
> partitions were created and formated from Disk Management after XP was
> installed.
>
> Sorry but this partitioning and formatting stuff is all new to me. Any
> assistance would be appreciated.
>
> DeeDee
>
>
>
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

Thanks.

DeeDee

"Bambi" <Bambi@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C2538A68-FBFA-48F5-A5FD-0AA8245B8CFB@microsoft.com...
> Deedee,
> The option is dimmed out because it is already the Active partition. You
> can only set 1 Active partition at a time. When you set one of the 2
other
> partitions in Active, Windows XP will not boot.
>
> "dw" wrote:
>
> > Hi, I've repartitioned, reformatted and reinstalled XP Pro. Before I
call
> > to have XP reactivated over the phone, would someone please be able to
> > confirm that the configuration is OK as it is?
> >
> > I have 200g drive -
> >
> > c: (System) Primary Partition (not able to be marked as Active -
option
> > is dimmed)??
> > d: DVD RW
> > e: Primary Partition (can be marked as Active)
> > f: Primary Partition (can be marked as Active)
> > unallocated space
> >
> > should I be able to mark c: as Active? None are noted as Boot or MBR.
The
> > first partition was created and formatted in XP setup (I was not given
any
> > opportunity to mark the partition as Active in Setup). The two
remaining
> > partitions were created and formated from Disk Management after XP was
> > installed.
> >
> > Sorry but this partitioning and formatting stuff is all new to me. Any
> > assistance would be appreciated.
> >
> > DeeDee
> >
> >
> >
> >