Swapping Partitions
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From: MJMIII on 31 Jan 2010 20:57 "MJMIII" <mjmiii(a)communistcast.net> wrote in message news:6c6dnUOvU6vttvvWnZ2dnUVZ_rednZ2d(a)giganews.com... > > "Brian K" <remove_this(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:4Hp9n.4825$pv.1040(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... >> >> "MJMIII" <> Are you waiting for replies from me? >>> >> >> >> Yes.... >> >> >> >> You should already have a Boot Item for Vista. What is in the MBR Details >> on >> the right. > > I didn't see any information on the right side of the screen. On what > screen should I see MBR details? > >> Now we are both confused. Unallocated space is not a partition. Its other >> name is unpartitioned free space. So it can't have a drive letter. Ever. > > Fixed. I deleted the partition then recreated it as 450GB unallocated. > That's how it now shows in Disk Management and Bing. > >> When you look in Disk Management, how is the 450 GB area described? >> When you look in BING, how is the 450 GB area described? > > See above. I'm done for the night. Early day at work tomorrow. Seeing where you're from, you're probably already at work. Thanks for all your help so far, and I'd send you a jar of Vegamite, but you're probably swimming in the stuff. :-) -- "Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."
From: Brian K on 31 Jan 2010 20:58 "MJMIII" > > I didn't see any information on the right side of the screen. On what > screen should I see MBR details? > From the BING desktop, click (you know what I mean by click, I'm just used to typing it) Boot Edit, select your Vista entry, click Edit. MBR details is the right side. What are the entries for HD 0 and HD 1?
From: Brian K on 31 Jan 2010 21:03 "MJMIII" > > I'm done for the night. Early day at work tomorrow. Seeing where you're > from, you're probably already at work. > Thanks for all your help so far, and I'd send you a jar of Vegamite, but > you're probably swimming in the stuff. :-) > -- > OK. It's 1300 here and raining. But hot. I think we are doing well. Soon we'll separate the two OS. Make sure both still boot. Then copy Win7 to the 450 GB of unallocated space and make sure it boots. Then delete Win7 from the large HD. I love doing this sort of stuff. I have about 15 OS on my HD 0. All via BING.
From: MJMIII on 1 Feb 2010 11:51 "Brian K" <remove_this(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Azq9n.4831$pv.3136(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... > > "MJMIII" > > >> I didn't see any information on the right side of the screen. On what >> screen should I see MBR details? >> > > From the BING desktop, click (you know what I mean by click, I'm just used > to typing it) Boot Edit, select your Vista entry, click Edit. MBR details > is the right side. What are the entries for HD 0 and HD 1? HD 0 - Dell Utility - 0 Vista - 1 HD 1 - Storage - 0 Windows 7 - 1 -- "Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."
From: Brian K on 1 Feb 2010 14:58
"MJMIII" What are the entries for HD 0 and HD 1? > > HD 0 - Dell Utility - 0 > Vista - 1 > > HD 1 - Storage - 0 > Windows 7 - 1 > -- A new day. That looks good. Would you like to do this now? Any questions? http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/kb/article.php?id=392&pt_sid=729796eef304ad26ee8895879c32041b In the article the drive letters were C: and D: but yours will be Z: and C: Confirm this carefully before you proceed. In step 12, click Boot Edit, Add, for Identity call it Windows7, HD 1, use the drop down arrow to select your Windows 7 - 1 Put a tick in Swap (this is the first Swap, not the one in the One Time Option section) On the right side in the MBR Details section, select Vista - 1 and click Hide. Click OK. OK. I should have told you about this page on keyboard shortcuts earlier but you have been coping well. http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/kb/article.php?id=379 In step 17, when doing the BCD Edit, remember Win7 is on HD 1. OK, do both OS boot from the Boot Menu? I haven't asked you to hide Win7 from Vista yet. We'll do that later. I feel I've left out something. Ask questions. |