Dual boot + partition changes = hang

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Rene wrote:
> Hello group, and thanx in advance.
>
> I had a dual boot system, with the 2nd OS booting from what used to the be
> 5th partition on the HD.
>

Were the first three partitions "seen" by Windows?

> I wanted to re-arrange things a bit, and deleted the 4th partition
> altogether.
>

If on a single drive you had partitions 1,2,3,4,5 originally then 4 was
likely an extended partition and 5 a virtual partition on 4. In that
case I'm not sure what would happen when you deleted partition 4 but
likely not something good. What program did you use to delete 4, did it
prompt anything when you did it? Are you actually talking about deleting
partitions or do you mean deleting the information on a drive letter?


> So, the OS formerly in the 5th partition, now resides in the 4th partition
> on the drive.
>

How did you determine this?

> I adapted boot.ini accordingly.
>
> When booting in the 2nd os (WinXP pro), the boot process starts, but does
> not make it to the logon screen.
>

How far does it get?

> I suspect that drive letter assignment has changed, and that this causes the
> boot to hang.
>

What was the original drive letter assignment in Windows for the fifth
partition?