"boot sector"?

[ray3d]

I recently did a clean install of Win2K. (My computer has
numerous logical drives on 2 actual hard drives.) In my
disk management console, my "C" drive is now listed as a
healthy "system" partition. Should it list itself as
my "boot" sector, or is the current designation OK?

 

[Daniel Chang [MSFT]]

AFAIK (from attending NT classes years ago), Microsoft's terminology uses
"system" partition is the partition containing your "boot files" and "boot"
partition is the partition containing your "system files." Usually they are
one and the same (e.g. booting off of C:, OS files are on C.

I think you're okay.

--
--
Daniel Chang
Server Setup Team

Search our Knowledge Base at http://support.microsoft.com/directory
Visit the Windows 2000 Homepage at
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/default.asp
See the Windows NT Homepage at http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/

NOTE: Please reply to the newsgroup and not directly to me. This allows
others to add to and benefit from these threads and also helps to ensure a
more timely response. Thank you!
This posting is provided "AS IS" without warranty either expressed or
implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of
merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
The views and opinions expressed in this newsgroup posting are mine and do
not necessarily express or reflect the views and / or opinions of Microsoft.


: I recently did a clean install of Win2K. (My computer has
: numerous logical drives on 2 actual hard drives.) In my
: disk management console, my "C" drive is now listed as a
: healthy "system" partition. Should it list itself as
: my "boot" sector, or is the current designation OK?

 

[Bjorn Landemoo]

What you see is correct. With MS terminology, the system boots from the
system partition, while Win2000 is installed on the boot partition. The
boot sector is the first sector of each primary partition, and the boot
code within it starts loading the operating system.

Best regards

Bjorn

 

[ray3d]

Thank you!