Swapping Partitions
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From: Brian K on 31 Jan 2010 16:59 "MJMIII" >> >> When you boot into Vista, what are the drive letters of your 3 >> partitions? > > Vista is C and I haven't allocated the 450GB partition so there's no drive > letter. Windows 7 is Z. > >> When you boot into Win7, what are the drive letters of your 3 partitions? > > The same. > Just to pin you down. When you boot into Win7, is Win7 C: drive and Vista Z: drive? That is, both OS are C: drive when booted? You mentioned Tab. So I assume your keyboard is working. If you don't have mouse support after installing BING there is a very helpful video on http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/howto/index.htm It's called Installing Windows 7 to its Own Primary Partition The topic is of no interest here but the whole exercise is done with keyboard shortcuts and is very helpful in learning these shortcuts. Don't worry about the 2048 sector alignment. You do have it and we'll use that in BING.
From: Brian K on 31 Jan 2010 17:04 "MJMIII" > BING is installed. I allocated the new partition and the drive letter is H > in Vista and Windows 7. I just posted so you haven't seen my reply yet. I'll see your answers shortly. You are one step ahead. We don't want a partition in that 450 GB space as we want it unallocated. "Free space" in BING terminology. So in BING, delete it and choose Clear Boot Sector in the Confirm Delete box. Do you have mouse support?
From: MJMIII on 31 Jan 2010 17:14 "Brian K" <remove_this(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:U2n9n.4778$pv.3719(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... > > "MJMIII" >> >>> When you boot into Vista, what are the drive letters of your 3 >>> partitions? >> >> Vista is C and I haven't allocated the 450GB partition so there's no >> drive letter. Windows 7 is Z. >> >>> When you boot into Win7, what are the drive letters of your 3 >>> partitions? >> >> The same. >> > > Just to pin you down. When you boot into Win7, is Win7 C: drive and Vista > Z: drive? That is, both OS are C: drive when booted? Vista is C in both and Windows 7 is Z in both. > You mentioned Tab. So I assume your keyboard is working. If you don't have > mouse support after installing BING there is a very helpful video on > > http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/howto/index.htm > > It's called Installing Windows 7 to its Own Primary Partition > > The topic is of no interest here but the whole exercise is done with > keyboard shortcuts and is very helpful in learning these shortcuts. > > Don't worry about the 2048 sector alignment. You do have it and we'll use > that in BING. > > >
From: MJMIII on 31 Jan 2010 17:17 "Brian K" <remove_this(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:98n9n.4781$pv.344(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... > > "MJMIII" > > > > BING is installed. I allocated the new partition and the drive letter is > H >> in Vista and Windows 7. > > > > I just posted so you haven't seen my reply yet. I'll see your answers > shortly. > > You are one step ahead. We don't want a partition in that 450 GB space as > we want it unallocated. "Free space" in BING terminology. So in BING, > delete it and choose Clear Boot Sector in the Confirm Delete box. Now I'm confused. There is no partition in the 450GB space. That is the partition. Should've I have left it unallocated? > Do you have mouse support? No, but I figured out which keyboard keys to use.
From: Brian K on 31 Jan 2010 17:32
"MJMIII"> >Vista is C in both and Windows 7 is Z in both. Win7 being Z: when booted is concerning but it should be OK. On the BING desktop click Settings Make sure there are ticks in Full Partition List Use Volume Label Align MBR End HS Align 2048 Make HD0 Active Use HD0 in BPB There should be no ticks in Align on End CHS Alternative In the right hand list, the only ones ticked should be Limit Primaries PATA CD Support You should already have a Boot Item for Vista. What is in the MBR Details on the right. |