How can I install XP on one Partition without distroying the extended?
I used Partition Magic to create a second partition on my drive. My thought was to keep data on the extended partition and if for some reason I had to do a clean install of Windows, I could just reformat the partition where the OS resides and not bother my data on the extended partition.
I used Partition Magic to create a second partition on my drive. My thought was to keep data on the extended partition and if for some reason I had to do a clean install of Windows, I could just reformat the partition where the OS resides and not bother my data on the extended partition. As an experiment I booted off the XP Pro CD to do a clean install of Windows. But the program only saw one drive with one partition, so I had to reformat the entire drive. (Just testing on my new build so I didn't lose anything).
Obviously I'm not understanding something here. Is there any way to do a clean install on the main partition without destroying the extended one?
Kaad_g
Obviously I'm not understanding something here. Is there any way to do a clean install on the main partition without destroying the extended one?
Kaad_g
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Since you blew away all that was there before, you can restart the install process, deleting the partition, and tell the XP setup to repartition the drive, using whatever partition size you want. You will want to format both partitions before proceeding to install windows on the first partition.
Most likely he created the partitions but didn't actually format it after so winxp would have ignored it and seen it as one..
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