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brian



Joined: 02 Mar 2004
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PostPosted: 12/25/07 - 11:15    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hello! I am running Windows XP SP2 operating system and I have a question regarding this operating system. I have four partitions on my hard drive and I want to mark some of them as active. I have heard that this will be allowed to me in Windows XP. Is that true? If it is, please, explain me how I can do that. Thanks!
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bernie



Joined: 29 Mar 2004
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PostPosted: 01/24/08 - 01:38    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hello! To mark some partitions as active ones, you can do that on two ways: from Disk Management and from Command Prompt. But, before I start with explanation, I can tell you that you can make active only one partition and this partition must be primary. If you want to change active partition or something like that, that may cause serious damage to your Windows XP and it may not be able to start. Disk Management: click Start > Control Panel > Performance and Maintenance > Administrative Tools > Computer Management. In graphical view you will see that partitions are marked as System, Active, or Boot. Click on Active. Command Prompt: open command prompt, then type diskpart and press Enter key; then type list partition and press Enter key; then type select partition and press Enter key; then type active and press Enter key.
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