From: Chris Robinson 

lol - sounds similar but unfortunately I can't pull one of the drives out
as these partitions are both on the same drive.  I suppose I could use
FDISK to delete the offensive partition and then re-install Windows on the
current boot drive (so it then also becomes the system drive?...)  Would
this work?  If so, would the XP "Settings and Transfer" wizard
copy all the settings for my installed apps (so I don;'t have to reinstall
them all again?)..

Chris.

chad wrote:

> mostly irrelevant, but i had something similar happen to me with an XP
> install about 9-12 months ago. my circumstances were a little different
> though.  as i remember it (of course there are two concussions and many
> times my weight in alcohol consumption in my past to cloud all of this) i
> was running xp on a 20 gig hdd at the time, and had sitting around a decent
> 6gig drive.  so i figured i would make a new install on the little drive,
> and keep all my games and other unnamed large files on the big, non system
> drive.  i moved the big drive down on the cable, put on the little one,
> jumpered everybody up and went to business.  well, while i wasn't paying
> attention, the xp installer noticed the nice boot partition on the big drive
> and decided to use that one again.  i was then running with my boot
> partition on the d drive, and system on the c drive without even noticing
> it, until when i installed ms office, it did the same thing.  it saw the
> office file system on the big d drive and put itself right back there.  much
> to my chagrin.  so not being much one for the how's and why's, i just pulled
> out the big drive and reinstalled on the little one.  then replaced the big
> drive and imported.  easy enough.  at least i think that's how it happened.
>
> chad - i have to learn to make these shorter
>
> "Geo."  wrote in message
news:3ded7b35$2{at}w3.nls.net...
> > I'm not sure what's changed. Can you describe the boot process (what you
> see
> > on the screen) before and now?
> >
> > Geo.
> >
> > "Chris Robinson"
 wrote in message
> > news:3DECE7C0.B0D69037{at}NOSPAMtotalise.co.uk...
> > > Actually that's a good point - I think I may have done a
system repair a
> > while
> > > back - that could've caused it?
> > >
> > > Is it possible to put it back though?
> > >
> > > Chris.
> > >
> > > "Geo." wrote:
> > >
> > > > When you boot, has the boot menu changed at all or is
it the same as
> > always?
> > > > Did you do a system repair and is that what caused
this? Typically a
> > > > computer will always boot from the first partition on
the first drive
> so
> > > > unless you rearranged hardware I don't see how that
could have changed
> > > > unless you set it from SCSI to IDE (or visa versa) in
bios and you
> have
> > NT
> > > > installed on a scsi drive or something like that.
> > > >
> > > > Geo.
> > > >
> > > > "Chris Robinson"
 wrote in message
> > > > news:3debbf4e$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > > > My XP install went a bit odd a while back and some
of the drive
> > > > > letters changed without me telling it to (I think
it had something
> to
> > > > > do with the built-in cd buringing feature). 
Anyway, that's not too
> > > > > important as my system works fine atm.  The
problem is that I used
> to
> > > > > have (or at least I thought I had) one Windows
partition that acted
> as
> > > > > my boot and system partition.  The partition in
question is now my
> > > > > boot partition only (i.e. contains windows
directory etc) and now my
> > > > > Unreal Tournament partition has become my system
partition (i.e.
> > > > > contains ntldr etc).
> > > > >
> > > > > This could have something to do with my UT
partition being C: drive?
> > > > > Anyway, I was wondering if there was a way to
switch this back so
> that
> > > > > I had one partition that was the boot and system
partition?  I have
> no
> > > > > data at all apart from the OS on my windows drive
so a format and
> > > > > reinstall isn't out of the question (as a last resort)....
> > > > >
> > > > > I've been looking around for a while and the
closest thing I've
> found
> > > > > is how to change the drive letter of the system
partition....
> > > > >
> > > > > Any suggestions?
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > Chris.
> > >
> >
> >

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