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echo: nthelp
to: Chris Robinson
from: Geo.
date: 2002-12-03 22:53:42
subject: Re: XP Boot/ System Partitions

From: "Geo." 

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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