On Nov 14, 11:16 pm, "JerryM" <jerrym...@xxxxxx> wrote:
Quote:
> There is a misunderstanding here,
> Your C: drive is the Boot drive,
> It would not Boot if the system files were on another partition.
>
> Your D: drive is not a valid operating system.
> Delete it .
> Create a new partition for all your extra program files.
>
> Jerry<hi...@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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With all due respect I don't think the system will boot if I delete
the system partion. Open your disk administrator and see that your
boot and system partitions are one in the same, (unless you dual
boot).
From Microsoft:
"The system partition contains the hardware-related files that tell a
computer where to look to start Windows. A boot partition is a
partition that contains the Windows operating system files, which are
located in the Windows file folder. Usually, these are the same
partition, especially if you have only one operating system installed
on your computer.
When you turn on your computer, it uses information stored on the
system partition to start up. There is only one system partition on a
Windows-based computer, even if you have different versions of Windows
installed on the same computer. A boot partition is a partition that
contains Windows operating system files. If you have a multiboot
computer that contains, for example, this version of Windows and
Windows XP, then each of those volumes are considered boot
partitions."
So it would appear that the system partition is critical to the
startup process.