Re: [OT] Any XP experts around?

From: Terry Pinnell (terrypinDELETE_at_THESEdial.pipex.com)
Date: 10/12/04 

Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 08:39:42 +0100

c_bielek@hotmail.com (classd101) wrote:

>Terry Pinnell <terrypinDELETE@THESEdial.pipex.com> wrote in message news:<niikm09j6046ac27bsfip4052kms8agbpq@4ax.com>...
>> davexnet02 <davexnetzerotwo@hooya!.com> wrote:
>>
>> >snip
>
>> >"System" is the partition where XP initially loads and where the
>> >NTLDR, ntdetect.com and boot.ini live, while "boot" is the partition
>> >you're in once up and running.
>
>
>Talk about counter intuitive

My feelings exactly - small wonder I can't get my mind around it!

I wouldn't care, but sadly I think I was premature in reporting the
issue resolved. Here's the deal...

I've booted to XP Home Edition, the 'first' of my multi-boot options.
This is what my system looks like according to XP Disk Management:
http://www.terrypin.dial.pipex.com/Misc/Sep12-XP.gif

So, from that, can someone please tell me definitively what partition
I am running in? That's in the sense of Dave's phrase "...the
partition you're in once up and running."

My interpretation is that I'm plainly 'in' E, instead of C where I
want to be. That's based on that 'Active' annotation XP shows against
E.

Why do I care? I want to be back in *exactly* the same state I've been
in for the last 2 years. C was exclusively my system and boot
partition. No E involved at all. E was just sitting patiently on my
2nd HD until some emergency (or experiment) prompted me to boot to it
instead. So, as I didn't normally use the files on F either, only my
first HD would actually be being accessed. The second HD (XP calls it
Disk 1!) would just be spinning passively. That's a mental picture
with which I'm comfortable. And I want it back. Can anyone help me do
so - PLEASE!

BTW, aren't PCs wonderful? 

-- 
Terry Pinnell
Hobbyist, West Sussex, UK

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