: "Timothy Daniels" <
[email protected]> ???????/???????? ? ????????
: ?????????: :
: > Why put the 2nd installation in (a Logical Drive) in an Extended
: partition?
: > Why not put it into another Primary partition?
:
: Actually I am installing into a Primary Partition (PP). Moreover, I
already
: have w2k installed and running on that partition, but I forgot the
password
: and wnated to reinstall the OS
:
:
:
: > the boot files (including the loader)
: > are in the Primary partition for the 1st installation. If the OP should
: want to
: > delete that installation and just use the 2nd installation, he wouldn't
be
: able
: > to load it because only a Primary partition can contain the boot files.
:
: If there are several OS on a HD (i.e. there are several PPs), the boot
files
: seem to be sitting in the root of the physical drive. So not every PP has
: boot files - is this the case?
:
The boot files will be on the active partition, so yes.
:
: > If the installations are on different drives, each installation in an
: "active"
: > Primary partition with its own boot files,
:
: You mean diffierent physical drives, not the logical ones?
:
: When I was originally installing different OS on different physical
drives,
: I remember selecting the boot drive from BIOS and then loading from DOS
: floppy and then running Windoes installation from CD.
: I wonder if I can get round this haemorrhoids and install it directly from
a
: CD?
:
:
Using the CDs for several operating systems, you can install to different
physical drives, however the boot files will all be on the active partition.
If you remove the drive with the boot files, other operating systems will
not be able to boot.
Use the Bios or disconnect drives to install the boot files and the
operating system to the same drive.
You can alter the boot.ini file to boot the other systems.