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Old 05-21-2006   #1 (permalink)
Gerry Hickman


 
 

Move the actual boot loader to different partition?

Hi,

Is it possible to move the whole boot loader to a different partition?
Here's the current setup:

P1 Dell Utility
p2 Vista boot loader and old o/s (was C drive of old o/s)
p3 Data
p4 Vista o/s

Can I move the the whole boot loader to p4 and then set p4 Active in the
MBR (subject to BIOS geometry translation limits)? I noticed in BCDEDIT
you can create a new "store", but it's not clear if this will actually
install a partition boot sector at the same time?

(I don't care if the whole thing breaks trying to do this)

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Gerry Hickman (London UK)

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Old 05-21-2006   #2 (permalink)
Andre Da Costa [Extended64]


 
 

Re: Move the actual boot loader to different partition?

You might want to check out VistaBootPRO:
http://www.pro-networks.org/vistabootpro/
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"Gerry Hickman" <gerry666uk@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:uS7IFKMfGHA.4976@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> Is it possible to move the whole boot loader to a different partition?
> Here's the current setup:
>
> P1 Dell Utility
> p2 Vista boot loader and old o/s (was C drive of old o/s)
> p3 Data
> p4 Vista o/s
>
> Can I move the the whole boot loader to p4 and then set p4 Active in the
> MBR (subject to BIOS geometry translation limits)? I noticed in BCDEDIT
> you can create a new "store", but it's not clear if this will actually
> install a partition boot sector at the same time?
>
> (I don't care if the whole thing breaks trying to do this)
>
> --
> Gerry Hickman (London UK)



My System SpecsSystem Spec
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