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Old 03-07-2007, 08:55 PM   #1 (permalink)
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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.
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Old 03-07-2007, 09:05 PM   #2 (permalink)
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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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Old 03-07-2007, 09:14 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Create another Primary partition. Simple. The OS you installed latest will be your active partition. And you will be presented with multiboot menu.
how can i make a new primary partition?can i do it winxp installation cd?..
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Goto Control panel->Administrative tools->Computer Managment->Disk Management
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or use partition magic (use the wizard if not to sure).
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