Change System Partition

[Guest]

I had a Windows 2000 Server that had 2 partitions - an OS partition ('C:') and a data partition ('D:'). Because the OS became corrupted, I was forced to format and reinstall Windows 2000 Server. I did it by deleteing the first partion from withing setup and re-creating it. But after the re-install, I found that the OS partition was the boot partition and the Data partition had become the system partition

For backup purposes, I need the C: partition to be completely self-contained. Is there any way to make it the system partition, other than wiping both partitions and starting again

cheers
David S. Rubin

 

[Dave Patrick]

You probably know this now but you should have just formatted the partition
instead of deleting it. You might try formatting the partition, then boot a
win98 startup disk, run fdisk and mark it as active, then boot the Windows
2000 CD-Rom to start the new install.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
Microsoft Certified Professional [Windows 2000]
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| I had a Windows 2000 Server that had 2 partitions - an OS partition ('C:')
and a data partition ('D:'). Because the OS became corrupted, I was forced
to format and reinstall Windows 2000 Server. I did it by deleteing the
first partion from withing setup and re-creating it. But after the
re-install, I found that the OS partition was the boot partition and the
Data partition had become the system partition.
|
| For backup purposes, I need the C: partition to be completely
self-contained. Is there any way to make it the system partition, other
than wiping both partitions and starting again?
|
| cheers,
| David S. Rubin