Partition Boot

[cdapp]

Hi everyone.

I have two partitions on my hard drive of course drive C:, and I recented created a partition called M: , which I want to use for music. My question can hwo do I boot on drive M: so I can put on my music on it. The operating system is Window XP proffesional.

thanks

 

[bcastner]

There is no cause to boot from M, nor is it a particularly good idea to mess with what XP identifies as its boot partition.

Having created the partition, see what Disk Manager says about it. The second step after creating any partition is the requirement to format it.

If Disk Manager finds the partition alive an healthy at drive letter assignment M, then you can use this partition in any normal fashion under XP.

 

[linney]

A bit of a step by step guide is to be found here.

http://www.theeldergeek.com/hard_drives_06.htm

As "Bcastner" says, once it is formatted and the file system created, XP will be able to see your new partition (M and access it, just as it does any other folder on your C: drive.

 

[cdapp]

Thanks guys, disk manager do recognize my M; drive, and it is healthy.

 

[bcastner]

Then you should be in good shape. Just remember to reference any file save operation as M:\Folder_Name