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More info?)
Well, yes... if you mean that the partitions take up the entirety
of their respective hard drives... unless you have Partition Magic
which will let you shrink down a partition's size if there is excess
space containing no data. Partition Magic will also convert an
Extended Partition to a Primary Partition, according to its Help
file (I've never tried it). If you did that, you wouldn't even have to
copy anything to the 1st HD. But... Partition Magic costs $70:
http://www.symantec.com/partitionmagic/ . It's your call.
*TimDaniels*
"dgalekov" wrote:
> Tim, Well another problem .. disk0 is 37 gb and disk1 is 57 gb I don't
> believe there's enough space to do that ... So I believe I'm screwed ... I
> think .... that's the reason I bought the 3 disk ....
>
> Thanks again
>
> Dale G.
>
>
> "Timothy Daniels" wrote:
>
>> If you really want to avoid having to re-install WinXP Pro and
>> all the apps on disk 2, you can try a cloning operation from
>> the extended partition on disk 2 to unallocated space or a
>> pre-existing primary partition on disk 1. You can even use
>> a free trial version of Casper XP to do it - downloadable
>> from www.FSSdev.com/products/casperxp/ . I have never
>> cloned from an extended partition to a primary partition
>> (it's usually done the other way around), but I don't see why
>> it can't be done. Try this:
>>
>> 1) download and install Casper XP into WinXP Pro on
>> disk 2.
>> 2) with WinXP Pro running from disk 2, delete the partition(s)
>> from disk 1 using Disk Management.
>> 3) run Casper XP from disk 2 and clone the WinXP Pro from
>> the extended partition on disk 2 to unallocated space
>> (or to a pre-made primary partition) on disk 1. Formatting
>> will be copied along with the data, so you don't have to
>> bother with formatting.
>> 4) run Recovery Console from the WinXP installation CD
>> (see
http://www.winbookcorp.com/_technote/WBTA20000785.html ),
>> and use "fixboot" to add the boot files,
>> use "bootcfg /rebuild" to make a proper boot.ini file if
>> it doesn't look right, and maybe
>> use "fixmbr" if control doesn't get to the boot loader.
>> 5) with just the 2nd HD connected (so that it will be at the head
>> of the BIOS's HD boot order), start the PC.
>> 6) let us know what happens.
>>
>> *TimDaniels*
>>
>> "dgalekov" wrote:
>> > Tim,
>> >
>> > Thanks for the reply ... but both Disk0 & Disk1 are Blue .. So ...
>> >
>> > thanks again
>> >
>> > Dale G.
>> >
>> > "Timothy Daniels" wrote:
>> >
>> >> In the Disk Management GUI, primary partitions are bordered in black.
>> >> Extended partitions are bordered in blue.
>> >>
>> >> *TimDaniels*
>> >>
>> >> "dgalekov" wrote:
>> >> > Thanks for the reply ... I believe it's primary but unsure ... from Disk
>> >> > Management it's the only partition that show's up ... the small boot
>> >> > manager part shows up as fat the one in question shows up as C .. I
>> >> > researched this before and basically been told back your stuff up and
>> >> > reinstall ... I really can't buy that because disk0 boot's disk1 ... a
>> >> > simple solution from a friend was to unplug the 2 disks reinstall XP on a
>> >> > 3rd, which I have, and copy over the data files .... I don't want to go down
>> >> > that road but it seems the best way to fix my Windows problem .....
>> >> >
>> >> > "peterk" wrote:
>> >> >> Make Bootable
>> >> >> 1) the second disk has to be a primary partition before this can work.
>> >> >> If it's not a primary you cannot boot to it directly.
>> >> >> 2) you have to set the second disk as active. ( only primary
>> >> >> partitions can be set as active)
>> >> >> In recovery console you need to:
>> >> >> 3) you need to run fixboot to write the bootsector
>> >> >> 4) you need to run fixmbr to write the master boot record
>> >> >> 5) you need to copy NTLDR and Ntdetect to the root of the drive
>> >> >> 6) You need to run bootcfg /rebuild to create a new boot.ini file. ( this
>> >> >> option is only available in recovery console)
>> >> >>
>> >> >> peterk
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "dgalekov" wrote:
>> >> >> > Here's my situation ... my PC has 2 disks ... it was setup with a boot
>> >> >> > manager on disk1 .. disk1 has linux... disk2 is my Win XP disk .... my
>> >> >> > question is can I safely write a boot block on disk2 and not loose data
>> >> >> > like the XP CD warns you about ??? I'm not using Linux on disk1 anymore
>> >> >> > but I need the boot manager to boot XP on disk2 ... so the question is how
>> >> >> > safe is it to use the XP CD and fix/create a boot record on disk2??? Are
>> >> >> > there any issues??? I really don't want to restore because of the software
>> >> >> > is already working....
>> >>
>> >>
>>
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