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primary partition.....

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yoursnayak Original post #1
Jul 3, 2007 at 8:55 PM
hi..i am having a 200 gb hardisk of which my c drive is having 80 gb.
Now i am planning to install win xp/vista once more in some other partition by which i'll be having a dual boot setup.but i dont want this new os partiton having any connection with the default os partiton,which means i want this new partiton to be a primary partition.how can i achieve this.I hav partion magic with me.
Lucky_star
Lucky_star #2
Jul 3, 2007 at 9:05 PM
Create another Primary partition. Simple. The OS you installed latest will be your active partition. And you will be presented with multiboot menu.
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yoursnayak #3
Jul 3, 2007 at 9:14 PM
Lucky_star said:
Create another Primary partition. Simple. The OS you installed latest will be your active partition. And you will be presented with multiboot menu.
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how can i make a new primary partition?can i do it winxp installation cd?..
Lucky_star
Lucky_star #4
Jul 3, 2007 at 9:20 PM
Goto Control panel->Administrative tools->Computer Managment->Disk Management
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Liggy #5
Jul 3, 2007 at 11:44 PM
or use partition magic (use the wizard if not to sure).