Takeshi Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 How can I hide the partition???Partition Magic???BY THE WAY,I format my second partition using the 'COMPUTER MANAGEMENT'that windows has in it......You said you had Windows in the 1st partition, Data on the 2nd partition before you started.I'm not clear what the current situation is, whether you did in fact install Windows on the Data partition too.Anyway, you can use PM or Acronis Partition Manager to hide the second partition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lennierv Posted July 27, 2006 Author Share Posted July 27, 2006 (edited) How can I hide the partition???Partition Magic???BY THE WAY,I format my second partition using the 'COMPUTER MANAGEMENT'that windows has in it......You said you had Windows in the 1st partition, Data on the 2nd partition before you started.I'm not clear what the current situation is, whether you did in fact install Windows on the Data partition too.Anyway, you can use PM or Acronis Partition Manager to hide the second partition.I reinstalled windows in the 2nd partition since xp switched it to the second partitionI simply reinstalled it where the previous xp os was which was in the second partition..Currently I have Xp in my D: drive and my data in the C: driveBut I am going to format it again...All I want to do is avoid this again which is why I was wondering if I should use the Partition Magic instead of the computer management in WinXP Edited July 27, 2006 by lennierv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lennierv Posted July 27, 2006 Author Share Posted July 27, 2006 I created My partition as Primary Partition!I made a mistake by saying it was an extended partition..Primary Partitions are bootable which is why the OS switched to itSo should I create it as an extended partition? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shindo_Hikaru Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 Here is how a standard setup isPrimary (Boot) Partition C:\ - Windows installationLogical (Extended) Partition D:\ DocumentsYou can change the Drive letters assignments with a partition program or (limited) with Windows Computer Management. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lennierv Posted July 27, 2006 Author Share Posted July 27, 2006 MUCH THANKS TO YOU Shindo_Hikaru AND EVERYONE FOR YOUR HELP....I WILL TRY IT RIGHT NOW SINCE MY PROGRAMMING IS DONE!!!KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK MSFN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesurfer Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 How does MSFN determine "hot topics"? This is a hot topic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasslehoff Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 (edited) I had this problem when I reinstalled a few weeks ago. So after I let it install on the storage partition I just formatted the old windows installation partition through start run/compmgmt.msc go to storage/disk management rebooted and voila it detected an empty partition, installed on c: and the data partition became d: again. Edited July 27, 2006 by Tasslehoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lennierv Posted July 27, 2006 Author Share Posted July 27, 2006 I had this problem when I reinstalled a few weeks ago. So after I let it install on the storage partition I just formatted the old windows installation partition through start run/compmgmt.msc go to storage/disk management rebooted and voila it detected an empty partition, installed on c: and the data partition became d: again.Don't really understand what u mean .....this is a hot topic since it received many answers right??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesurfer Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 this is a hot topic since it received many answers right???Answers or replies?Lots of posts have many replies but few real answers.It's strange how this is a hot topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lennierv Posted July 28, 2006 Author Share Posted July 28, 2006 Its strange YEAH...But I got the answer to my problems...It isn't giving me the switch again!!Thanks to EVERYONE'S HELP>>> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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