November 27, 200817 yr I would like to hide 2 NTFS partitions from being detected by XP installation program, so that I could change the drive letter of the XP partition from J: to D:. Drive C: is Vi$ta. Yes, I am installing XP after Vi$ta (for some old projects).What are the best partition types (set via Linux fdisk) that could prevent WinXP installation program from seeing them?
November 29, 200817 yr Partition Magic can hide partitions. You can also edit partition tables manually but in that case you really need to know what you are doing. Edited November 29, 200817 yr by BikinDutchman
November 30, 200817 yr Author Partition Magic can hide partitions. You can also edit partition tables manually but in that case you really need to know what you are doing.I believe PM merely set the of type of those NTFS partitions rather than doing something special or drastic.Which partition type then?
November 30, 200817 yr Putting a "1" as first partition number type means "hidden":06 FAT16-> 16 Hidden FAT1607 NTFS -> 17 Hidden NTFS0b FAT32 CHS -> 1b Hidden FAT32etc .:http://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/partitions/partition_types-1.htmlYou don't need Partition Magic, grub4dos can boot the drive (ANY drive, CD, Stick, HD, floppy) and hide the partitions on-the-fly:http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showforum=66http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=5187jaclaz
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