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On my IDE-0 Master drive I have two partitions named C:
and D:
Both contain Win2000. When I boot the D: partition runs
(no choice offered)
I want to delete D:\ and get back to a normal? boot fron C:

Should I just delete/reformat D: ?

tia
Philip
 
Not sure what any of this means. You always boot from the system partition
(first primary active partition) Are you drive swapping? Hiding partitions
or what?

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

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| On my IDE-0 Master drive I have two partitions named C:
| and D:
| Both contain Win2000. When I boot the D: partition runs
| (no choice offered)
| I want to delete D:\ and get back to a normal? boot fron C:
|
| Should I just delete/reformat D: ?
|
| tia
| Philip
 
Ah yes thanks, the system partition is D:
How do I make C: the system partition ? Then I'll delete
everything on D: and be back to where I want to be.
tia
Philip
 
You can start the recovery console and from a command prompt issue the
command;
fixboot C:
to repair/write the boot sector on C:\ and mark the partition as active. (be
aware this may cause your system to not start anymore)

To start the Recovery Console, start the computer from the Windows 2000
Setup CD or the Windows 2000 Setup floppy disks. If you do not have Setup
floppy disks and your computer cannot start from the Windows 2000 Setup CD,
use another Windows 2000-based computer to create the Setup floppy disks.
Press ENTER at the "Setup Notification" screen. Press R to repair a Windows
2000 installation, and then press C to use the Recovery Console. The
Recovery Console then prompts you for the administrator password. If you do
not have the correct password, Recovery Console does not allow access to the
computer. If an incorrect password is entered three times, the Recovery
Console quits and restarts the computer. Note If the registry is corrupted
or missing or no valid installations are found, the Recovery Console starts
in the root of the startup volume without requiring a password. You cannot
access any folders, but you can carry out commands such as chkdsk,
fixboot,and fixmbr for limited disk repairs. Once the password has been
validated, you have full access to the Recovery Console, but limited access
to the hard disk. You can only access the following folders on your
computer: %systemroot% and %windir%


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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

| Ah yes thanks, the system partition is D:
| How do I make C: the system partition ? Then I'll delete
| everything on D: and be back to where I want to be.
| tia
| Philip
 
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