J
Jerry
I have just put in a Western Digital 80 Gig HDD. I have 3
partitions with XP Pro on all 3. I partitioned with
Partition Magic 8.0. The first one has a new OS with all
of the programs freshly loaded. The second partition has
a fresh XP OS with nothing else at this time. Then the
3rd partition has a Drive Image 7.0 Image from the first
partition. I can boot into all 3 partitions using BootIt
NG version 1.60e without any problems. But what I'm
running into is that when I boot into the first partition
I can see the second partition in Explorer, but not the
3rd partition. Then if I boot from the 2nd partition I
can't see any other partition. Then if I boot into the
3rd Partition I can't see any other partition. What I
have found is that these partitions are going
unallocated. But if I'm in the first partition I can use
Partition Magic 8.0 to undelete the 3rd partition and
then I can see it. But if I'm in 2nd or 3rd I can't
undelete, it just shows unallocated. I have used Drive
Image 5.0 since it came out with the same setup except it
was a 30 Gig Drive with 3 10 Gig partitions with no
problems. I have used Partition Magic 6.0 with no
problems. I have checked the Boot.ini file and found that
on both the 2nd and 3rd partitions the partition field
doesn't reflect the true partition location on the DDU.
It should go consecutive, but all 3 show them as 1 for
the partitions. Where it should be consecutive starting
at 1 for the first partition. I can see where the 3rd
would reflect this because it was a copy from the 1st,
but not the 2nd. I have made changes to Boot.ini on the
3rd partition with no improvement. Does anyone have any
ideas as to what could be the problem?
partitions with XP Pro on all 3. I partitioned with
Partition Magic 8.0. The first one has a new OS with all
of the programs freshly loaded. The second partition has
a fresh XP OS with nothing else at this time. Then the
3rd partition has a Drive Image 7.0 Image from the first
partition. I can boot into all 3 partitions using BootIt
NG version 1.60e without any problems. But what I'm
running into is that when I boot into the first partition
I can see the second partition in Explorer, but not the
3rd partition. Then if I boot from the 2nd partition I
can't see any other partition. Then if I boot into the
3rd Partition I can't see any other partition. What I
have found is that these partitions are going
unallocated. But if I'm in the first partition I can use
Partition Magic 8.0 to undelete the 3rd partition and
then I can see it. But if I'm in 2nd or 3rd I can't
undelete, it just shows unallocated. I have used Drive
Image 5.0 since it came out with the same setup except it
was a 30 Gig Drive with 3 10 Gig partitions with no
problems. I have used Partition Magic 6.0 with no
problems. I have checked the Boot.ini file and found that
on both the 2nd and 3rd partitions the partition field
doesn't reflect the true partition location on the DDU.
It should go consecutive, but all 3 show them as 1 for
the partitions. Where it should be consecutive starting
at 1 for the first partition. I can see where the 3rd
would reflect this because it was a copy from the 1st,
but not the 2nd. I have made changes to Boot.ini on the
3rd partition with no improvement. Does anyone have any
ideas as to what could be the problem?