Hello everyone,

Is somebody can confirm me that I will not put my self in trouble with the following.

Maybe for better understanding of my case please see NotePad attached file.

Ok my first thinking was to have on DIC0 first partition (C: ) the Paging File of Vista x64 for that I partition 25GB since I have 8GB RAM. and second partition was for Paging Files of third OS if one day I decide to install a Linux one.

But my lack of Computer knowledge, resulted that BOOT files of Both actual OS installed themself on this First DISC0 partition and I do not want to mess with them putting some more files there but I do not want also to have 25GB partition only for Dual BOOT Files, beside this, 12GB in second Partition for Vista x64 Paging file can be short.
So comes my thinking, how can I re-partition these 2 partitions to leave just the enough space for the BOOT Files on Partition One of DISC0, I was thinking 500MB (is that enough?) and relocate some of the 24.5GB on partition 2. and make a Extended Partition with the rest.

Sorry for the long reading but finally comes my doubt:
Can I copy my Dual BOOT Files to USB Stick memory, than starts any OS setting in BIOS priority to USB Device, will my BOOT FILE (USB) work ? and allow Vista to Load?
Once there I suppose:
1) I can move these partition arround,
2) Copy/Paste from USB to first small 500mb Partition all BOOT Files again,
3) Shut down, set bios with DICS0 priority boot again and everything will work as a charme?

Any recommendation will be very welcome.
Thnk you in advance.

Hello,
A couple of comments.
1) the drive should be at least 1.5 gig. you need at least one gig volume
to do backup so the 1.5 inlcudes some buffer.
Plus you need around 350-400 meg free if you ever want to upgrade or start
Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 setup from within Windows. You will
be blocked from running setup unless there is that much free space.
2) In addition to the boot files, you need to reset the boot sector, to be
able to boot. ( Repair process should work here is all the files are in
place and you have set the partition as the active boot partition)
3) you need to be sure to set the partition with the boot files as the
active primary partition.
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

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Hello everyone,

Is somebody can confirm me that I will not put my self in trouble with
the following.

Maybe for better understanding of my case please see NotePad attached
file.

Ok my first thinking was to have on DIC0 first partition (C: ) the
Paging File of Vista x64 for that I partition 25GB since I have 8GB RAM.
and second partition was for Paging Files of third OS if one day I
decide to install a Linux one.

But my lack of Computer knowledge, resulted that BOOT files of Both
actual OS installed themself on this First DISC0 partition and I do not
want to mess with them putting some more files there but I do not want
also to have 25GB partition only for Dual BOOT Files, beside this, 12GB
in second Partition for Vista x64 Paging file can be short.
So comes my thinking, how can I re-partition these 2 partitions to
leave just the enough space for the BOOT Files on Partition One of
DISC0, I was thinking 500MB _-(is_that_enough?)-_ and relocate some of
the 24.5GB on partition 2. and make a Extended Partition with the rest.

Sorry for the long reading but finally comes my doubt:
Can I copy my Dual BOOT Files to USB Stick memory, than starts any OS
setting in BIOS priority to USB Device,
_-will_my_BOOT_FILE_(USB)_work_?-_ _-and_allow_Vista_to_Load?-_
Once there I suppose:
1) I can move these partition arround,
2) Copy/Paste from USB to first small 500mb Partition all BOOT Files
again,
3) Shut down, set bios with DICS0 priority boot again and everything
will work as a charme?

Any recommendation will be very welcome.
Thnk you in advance.


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[quote='Darrell Gorter[MSFT];684876']Hello,
A couple of comments.
1) the drive should be at least 1.5 gig. you need at least one gig volume
to do backup so the 1.5 inlcudes some buffer.
Plus you need around 350-400 meg free if you ever want to upgrade or start
Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 setup from within Windows. You will
be blocked from running setup unless there is that much free space.
2) In addition to the boot files, you need to reset the boot sector, to be
able to boot. ( Repair process should work here is all the files are in
place and you have set the partition as the active boot partition)
3) you need to be sure to set the partition with the boot files as the
active primary partition.
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]quote

Thks Darrell,

- Since you have the knowledge, please answer these questions.
i'm a bit confuse because I though the Boot Files where pn first Partition of my DIC0 but the only file there is one named BOOT.BAT, There is no NTLDR file or BOOT.INI

- How do I reset (Repair) the BOOT sector once I moved all BOOT file to my USB Stick Memory, started Vista, re-partition and reduce to 2GB the partition I wanted to have the BOOT file and sector?

Tks again for your reply.

Hello,
The isn't a requirement that the boot files be on the first partition.
They are required to be on the active primary partition of the drive
selected by hardware to be booted from.

The process that you are talking about doing is somewhat complex, you need
to make sure you have a complete backup and are prepared to rebuild the
system which may be easier than reconfiguring the drives.

Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

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'Darrell Gorter[MSFT Wrote:

> ;684876']Hello,
> A couple of comments.
> 1) the drive should be at least 1.5 gig. you need at least one gig
> volume
> to do backup so the 1.5 inlcudes some buffer.
> Plus you need around 350-400 meg free if you ever want to upgrade or
> start
> Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 setup from within Windows. You
> will
> be blocked from running setup unless there is that much free space.
> 2) In addition to the boot files, you need to reset the boot sector, to
> be
> able to boot. ( Repair process should work here is all the files are in
> place and you have set the partition as the active boot partition)
> 3) you need to be sure to set the partition with the boot files as the
> active primary partition.
> Thanks,
> Darrell Gorter[MSFT]quote
>
> Thks Darrell,
>
> - Since you have the knowledge, please answer these questions.
> i'm a bit confuse because I though the Boot Files where pn first
> Partition of my DIC0 but the only file there is one named BOOT.BAT,
> There is no NTLDR file or BOOT.INI
>
> - How do I reset (Repair) the BOOT sector once I moved all BOOT file to
> my USB Stick Memory, started Vista, re-partition and reduce to 2GB the
> partition I wanted to have the BOOT file and sector?
>
> Tks again for your reply.

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