System partition amd boot partition

When I boot partition D then open the disk utility that comes with Wxp, I see
that partition C is the System Partition and partition D is the BOOT
partition. What should I do so that partition D is both the System Partition
and the Boot Partition?

b11_ wrote:

> When I boot partition D then open the disk utility that comes with Wxp, I see
> that partition C is the System Partition and partition D is the BOOT
> partition. What should I do so that partition D is both the System Partition
> and the Boot Partition?

Copy the System files boot.ini, ntldr, ntdetect.com to the from the
current System to the Boot partition then mark the Boot partition
active. The Active partition is always the System partition.

If the partitions are on the same disk the boot.ini file should boot the
installation without changes. Nonetheless, before you do this, and if
you have a floppy diskette, you should make a floppy boot disk with an
all purpose boot.ini file and test the disk to see if it can boot the
Windows installation.

By copying the files (above) instead of moving them, should things not
work you can change things around by marking the "C:" partition active
again, there are different, relatively easy methods of doing this on a
non booting system. For this to work the current boot partition must
have an NT Boot sector, it must have been formated using an NT operating
system. If the current boot partition does not have an NT boot sector
one can easily be written to it with the Recovery Console's fixboot command.

John

You say the Active partition is always the System partition. What are the
drawbacks to booting a partition that is the boot partition but not the
system partition?
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"John John" wrote:

> b11_ wrote:
>
> > When I boot partition D then open the disk utility that comes with Wxp, I see
> > that partition C is the System Partition and partition D is the BOOT
> > partition. What should I do so that partition D is both the System Partition
> > and the Boot Partition?
>
> Copy the System files boot.ini, ntldr, ntdetect.com to the from the
> current System to the Boot partition then mark the Boot partition
> active. The Active partition is always the System partition.
>
> If the partitions are on the same disk the boot.ini file should boot the
> installation without changes. Nonetheless, before you do this, and if
> you have a floppy diskette, you should make a floppy boot disk with an
> all purpose boot.ini file and test the disk to see if it can boot the
> Windows installation.
>
> By copying the files (above) instead of moving them, should things not
> work you can change things around by marking the "C:" partition active
> again, there are different, relatively easy methods of doing this on a
> non booting system. For this to work the current boot partition must
> have an NT Boot sector, it must have been formated using an NT operating
> system. If the current boot partition does not have an NT boot sector
> one can easily be written to it with the Recovery Console's fixboot command.
>
> John
>

PS. While the boot partition can be in an extended partition, the
active partition *must* be a primary partition.


John John wrote:

> b11_ wrote:
>
>> When I boot partition D then open the disk utility that comes with
>> Wxp, I see that partition C is the System Partition and partition D is
>> the BOOT partition. What should I do so that partition D is both the
>> System Partition and the Boot Partition?
>
>
> Copy the System files boot.ini, ntldr, ntdetect.com to the from the
> current System to the Boot partition then mark the Boot partition
> active. The Active partition is always the System partition.
>
> If the partitions are on the same disk the boot.ini file should boot the
> installation without changes. Nonetheless, before you do this, and if
> you have a floppy diskette, you should make a floppy boot disk with an
> all purpose boot.ini file and test the disk to see if it can boot the
> Windows installation.
>
> By copying the files (above) instead of moving them, should things not
> work you can change things around by marking the "C:" partition active
> again, there are different, relatively easy methods of doing this on a
> non booting system. For this to work the current boot partition must
> have an NT Boot sector, it must have been formated using an NT operating
> system. If the current boot partition does not have an NT boot sector
> one can easily be written to it with the Recovery Console's fixboot
> command.
>
> John

No real drawbacks as such, and a necessity when multi-booting. On
systems that only host single operating systems it makes for more
partitions and drive letters to deal with and it may cause Windows to be
on a drive other than "C:". There may also be some performance issues
with pagefile placement if the computer has barely enough RAM and if it
must often page, that issues may be minimal and easily solved by moving
the pagefile if necessary.

John

b11_ wrote:

> You say the Active partition is always the System partition. What are the
> drawbacks to booting a partition that is the boot partition but not the
> system partition?
> __________________________________________________ _________
> "John John" wrote:
>
>
>>b11_ wrote:
>>
>>
>>>When I boot partition D then open the disk utility that comes with Wxp, I see
>>>that partition C is the System Partition and partition D is the BOOT
>>>partition. What should I do so that partition D is both the System Partition
>>>and the Boot Partition?
>>
>>Copy the System files boot.ini, ntldr, ntdetect.com to the from the
>>current System to the Boot partition then mark the Boot partition
>>active. The Active partition is always the System partition.
>>
>>If the partitions are on the same disk the boot.ini file should boot the
>>installation without changes. Nonetheless, before you do this, and if
>>you have a floppy diskette, you should make a floppy boot disk with an
>>all purpose boot.ini file and test the disk to see if it can boot the
>>Windows installation.
>>
>>By copying the files (above) instead of moving them, should things not
>>work you can change things around by marking the "C:" partition active
>>again, there are different, relatively easy methods of doing this on a
>>non booting system. For this to work the current boot partition must
>>have an NT Boot sector, it must have been formated using an NT operating
>>system. If the current boot partition does not have an NT boot sector
>>one can easily be written to it with the Recovery Console's fixboot command.
>>
>>John
>>

Is he talking about partitions on the same HDD, or partitions on seperate
HDDs?

If the partitions are on the same HDD moving the pagefile will make no
difference, and he is really wastng his time trying to make the boot
partition and system partition the same.

"John John" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
news:eVI4WJ8yHHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> No real drawbacks as such, and a necessity when multi-booting. On systems
> that only host single operating systems it makes for more partitions and
> drive letters to deal with and it may cause Windows to be on a drive other
> than "C:". There may also be some performance issues with pagefile
> placement if the computer has barely enough RAM and if it must often page,
> that issues may be minimal and easily solved by moving the pagefile if
> necessary.
>
> John
>
> b11_ wrote:
>
>> You say the Active partition is always the System partition. What are the
>> drawbacks to booting a partition that is the boot partition but not the
>> system partition?
>> __________________________________________________ _________
>> "John John" wrote:
>>
>>
>>>b11_ wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>When I boot partition D then open the disk utility that comes with Wxp,
>>>>I see that partition C is the System Partition and partition D is the
>>>>BOOT partition. What should I do so that partition D is both the System
>>>>Partition and the Boot Partition?
>>>
>>>Copy the System files boot.ini, ntldr, ntdetect.com to the from the
>>>current System to the Boot partition then mark the Boot partition active.
>>>The Active partition is always the System partition.
>>>
>>>If the partitions are on the same disk the boot.ini file should boot the
>>>installation without changes. Nonetheless, before you do this, and if
>>>you have a floppy diskette, you should make a floppy boot disk with an
>>>all purpose boot.ini file and test the disk to see if it can boot the
>>>Windows installation.
>>>
>>>By copying the files (above) instead of moving them, should things not
>>>work you can change things around by marking the "C:" partition active
>>>again, there are different, relatively easy methods of doing this on a
>>>non booting system. For this to work the current boot partition must
>>>have an NT Boot sector, it must have been formated using an NT operating
>>>system. If the current boot partition does not have an NT boot sector
>>>one can easily be written to it with the Recovery Console's fixboot
>>>command.
>>>
>>>John
>>>