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From: Chris Robinson
Can do - I'm at work atm though and it's my home PC that has the problem -
I'll do it tonight.
Chris.
"Geo." wrote:
> Can you post a screenshot of disk manager in the binaries section so I can
> see where these two drives are physically?
>
> Geo.
>
> "Chris Robinson"
wrote in message
> news:3DF5AE8C.F0E098BB{at}NOSPAMtotalise.co.uk...
> > Think we've got wires crossed somewhere here - My C: partition is already
> my
> > system partition - the problem is that I don't want it to be.
> >
> > My Windows drive (boot partition - let's call it Z: Drive for example) is
> the
> > partition I'd like to act as my Boot and System partition. The way things
> are
> > at the moment is that my C: drive is my System partition and my Z: Drive
> is my
> > boot partition - I want to consolidate system and boot onto one partition
> (Z:)
> > rather than having them spread over two partitions.
> >
> > It's a bit confusing ;o)
> >
> > Chris.
> >
> > "Geo." wrote:
> >
> > > Then I suspect all that's really happened is the drive letters changed
> in
> > > NT? If so you should be able to change them back by changing C: to
> something
> > > else then reboot and the system drive should change back to C:. DO NOT
> try
> > > to change the drive letter of the system drive, that will just mess
> things
> > > up and they won't change back by themselves then. Once you assign a
> drive
> > > letter manually they never move again.
> > >
> > > Geo.
> > >
> > > "Chris Robinson"
wrote in message
> > > news:3DF4A788.5CC7FAC0{at}NOSPAMtotalise.co.uk...
> > > > That's what it's always done to my knowledge.
> > > >
> > > > Chris.
> > > >
> > > > "Geo." wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Is that what it's doing now or is that what it was
doing before.
> > > > >
> > > > > Geo.
> > > > >
> > > > > "Chris Robinson"
wrote in message
> > > > > news:3DEE2CCB.AF1BC2DC{at}NOSPAMtotalise.co.uk...
> > > > > > I don't get an OS choice screen like in NT -
the system just boots
> > > > > straight into
> > > > > > Windows.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Chris.
> > > >
> >
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