I split my hard drive into three seperate hard drives. One of the partitioned hard drive has Windows Xp. Can i place another Windows XP on one of the other hard drives? Hard drives names:\nD: E: F:   Windows is on D:. Can I place another on say F:?
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yes, you can install multiple os, even the same os twice, which will for xp require more than 512 mb of ddr ram atleast to run smothely,
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I Take It You Only Have One Drive And Have It Partitioned 3 Ways....I Figure C: Has Windows On It......Depending On What You Have On D: You Won't Be Able To Combine X: And D:....If You Have Any Program Files Or Any Files That The OS Uses On Partition D: When You Combine Or Repartition The Drive The OS Will Not Work Properly...You Are Better Off Starting All Over....Parition It The Way You Want And Then Reinstall Windows....If There Is Nothing On D: Well Then Thats Simple....Just Go To Control Panel>Administative Tools>Computer Managment>Disk Managment> And The Repartion The Way You Like.......
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Do not delete the C drive. Use this drive to store files.\n\nIf you want you can reinstall XP, but that is a different situation.
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yes before formatting u can copy ur boot file that is basically boot.ini present under c: drive. boot ur system with bootable disk and copy that file to d: or e: drive so later u can bring back.\n\nif u dont want to copy then just format ur c: drive and after installing again xp on c: u have to manually enter few lines in boot.ini to recognize ur d: partition operting system.\n\nin both the way u can do so dont think so and go ahead....if facing any problem ping (PM, IM) me and remember frist backup all of ur data on c: before formatting c: drive.\n\ngud luck!!!
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To do this, you need to have a copy of your OS (Windows XP for example). First begin by backing up everything on your hard drive you want to keep, then put in the CD of Windows XP and after the system scan at the very beginning you will see options to boot from CD or from Hard Disk. Choose to boot from CD and then select to Install Windows. \nIt will ask you do select a partition. Your hard drive may be partitioned already, so if it is, select each of the partitions and hit the proper key to delete each. Then hit the letter to create a new partition and make as many partitions as you need (somewhere between 1 and 4 should be a good number). Then select the partition to put windows on and then hit the key to proceed with installation. At this point it will either tell you that the partition is not formatted or ask if you would like to format it. Select yes and format it using NTFS. Afterward follow the instructions on the screen to finish installing windows and you will begin with a computer with nothing but Windows on it. Good luck!
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U dont have to Redownload anything to ur new hard drive just move the pins on the back to Cable Select or to Slave. And u can store everything on the other drive and still have the same drive working (Both Drivers will be working U will just have 2 choose where u wanna save ur Files lol.)\n\nlol U can get prety much anything for an XP. Ummm i live down here in Arizona and at Office Max there are 300GB for about $149.98 lol I called them and acked for ya. And 300GB is ALOT OF SPACE thats perfect for video games, Music and lots of it. Huge videos. Theres a lower price one that is 160GB hard Drive that is $99.98 and these go into ur computer. If u are looking for ones that u can put ontop of ur computer and take with u there is a (Push buttong back up) 250GB for $179.98. Now walmart has a out of the case 250GB for $109.98, Theres an 500GB Media Vault out of the case for $498.88 Theres a new one out called TB thats about 1000GB and that my friends is TOOOO MUCH!! lol for $478.00   Theres in caseed drives 160GB for $48.88 <-- Good one) ^_^ Well i hope this helps lol the best one i would get if i didn't have alot of money would be the last one for $48.88 160GB. I I Personaly would get the TB or 300 GB and for 149.98 for the 300GB sound to me like a good price. Unless someone found one cheaper! ^_^ Well ttyl
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i dont know how you ended up with 2 c drives but it sounds like your sons friends havent a clue . . . i dont think they formated the hard drive or deleted the partitions so your system thinks its running 2 different sets of windows in the same drive? heres the peculiar bit i have seen two sets of windows on one hard drive but with a partition i have never seen two on the same drive? normally it would split the drive into c & d but this does not seem to be the case, if i was you i would have a soul serching conversation as to why your son wanted to delete the windows home in the first place because if he has had stuff on there that he shouldnt have (downloaded music illigaly etc) and you take it to be repaired they may inform the police and its down to the owner (ie. you) and the music industry will sue... then what you need to do is get a technition (not your sons mates) to wipe clean the hard drive and do a fresh install of the windows you want. . . . . .good luck with this
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format c:/\nYou can also format the drive by just putting the xp disk into the drive and restarting the computer, when it asks which drive to install it too look at your options.  Delete the partition and create a new one.  Through the process you will format your drive.
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There might be multiple partitions, i.e a 2GB C: drive and a 18GB D: drive. If this is the case then you can, of course, still use all of the drive the way it is, but if you wanted to make it all one partition you'd need to format the drive and reinstall windows.
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I don't think so. I am not an expert on PCs, but I know that everything is STORED on the C: Drive. The D: Drive is something else..it MAY be a CD drive, it may be the appliations...not sure. But I am 95% sure that you can not store thiungs on the C: Drive.
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If you have the Windows CD provided with your computer (or one you bought yourself), turn on the computer, let it boot, put the CD in the drive then restart.  The computer should boot from the CD and you will be able to reformat your drive using either a "quick" or "normal" method with the NTFS option, I honestly don't know what the difference is but I use the normal option.  Once that is done you will be able to reinstall Windows.\n\nThat was assuming Windows XP.
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For number 1, I would put the OS you are going to be using most often on drive C, the second on drive D. Because with dual booting, your computer gives you the option to choose within a select time frame. If you don't or forget to choose, it chooses the main one for you.\n\nFor number 2, if you have the recovery cd/s that came with the computer, it's going to reformat the hard drive so that it returns it to the original factory settings. You have no control over that. The only way to override this is to purchase a copy of XP.\n\nFor number 3, find out the manufacture of the hard drive, and download a reformatting CD/floppy program so you can erase and reformat your hard drive the way you want it to be partitioned.
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Yes u can have both Hard disk with Fat32 & NTFS as Windows XP supports for both file systems.\n\nBut I recommend to convert ur primary drive to NTFS. Its easy to convert Fat32 to NTFS for better performance & security of ur HDD.\n\nGoto command prompt & type\n>convert <volume label> /fs:ntfs /v\n\nConverts FAT volumes to NTFS.\nCONVERT volume /FS:NTFS [/V] [/CvtArea:filename] [/NoSecurity] [/X]\n  volume      Specifies the drive letter (followed by a colon),\n              mount point, or volume name.\n  /FS:NTFS    Specifies that the volume is to be converted to NTFS.\n  /V          Specifies that Convert should be run in verbose mode.\n  /CvtArea:filename Specifies a contiguous file in the root directory to be the place holder for NTFS system files.\n  /NoSecurity Specifies the converted files and directories security settings to be accessible by everyone.\n  /X          Forces the volume to dismount first if necessary.\n              All opened handles to the volume would then be invalid.\n\nU can get help by typing\n>Convert /?\nGood Luck....
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I dont quite understand your question.\nThe system drive is the drive where you have your windows XP files. In my case it is the C:/ Drive
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As I said in my previous post (maybe you missed it), the reason you can't use the Windows XP drive on the laptop with ME is because the Windows XP drive was most likely formatted as NTFS.  Windows ME will not recognize the NTFS format.  Only Windows 2000 and Windows XP will recognize a NTFS formatted drive and they will also recognize FAT formatted drives as well.  Most people are using Windows XP anyway so this really isn't an issue for most.  In your situation, well, you'll have to get access to a machine that has Windows 2000 or XP on it, otherwise... you won't be able to access the data from Windows 98 or ME.  Sorry but that's just the way it is.
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that depends on what your E: drive is holding. most manufactures will put a second partition on their hard drives as a reformat partition instead of giving them a XP cd. go to the E: drive and oprn up tools > folder options and go to the view tab. un-check the box named "Hide Protected Operating System Files (Recommended)". you will get a pop-up box telling you that it is dangerous..just click okay. if more files dont show up, then the manufacturer hid them completly and the only way to use em is to know their path.
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Greetings and may we all have peace.\nI don't know if you have a functioning Windows installed now so I will assume not, so you will be using DOS commands.  \nTo save files from c: you can either use the DOS command "backup", which copies files in a compressed format, or you can use "copy" or "xcopy".  Xcopy is a versatile form of copy that allows you a lot of selectivity in choosing which files to back up.  You need either another hard disk or a lot of blank, formatted floppy disks to received the backed-up files.  You could also back up to a CD but you need a CD Write drive and its own software installed under Windows, since DOS cannot copy to a CD.\nTo format c: use the DOS command "fdisk" and follow the instructions.\nTo install Windows use the install CD and enter d:&#92;install (or use the drive letter for the CD drive if it is not d:).  It is helpful, if you have a floppy drive, to insert a blank, formatted floppy in it to install some versions of Windows (e.g., Windows 98).