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Keeping 2nd partition unhidden.
I guess I'm backward in that I have 2 primary partitons and want both to be unhidden. I created an 8GB partition for XP and the remaining 32GB was partitioned as a primary also for advancecd. I used partition magic to do the partitioning, and bootmagic to boot to either one. The problem is when I boot to XP, the second partition is hidden. Partiton magic shows it hidden and allows me to unhide it, so it claims. It boots, says partition unhidden, but when I get to XP, its hidden again.
As I understand it, bootmagic (I have 7.0) can hide partitons too. But I have yet to see any obvious way to do, or undo this.
So my question is....How to I get both partitions to stay unhidden?
As I understand it, bootmagic (I have 7.0) can hide partitons too. But I have yet to see any obvious way to do, or undo this.
So my question is....How to I get both partitions to stay unhidden?
have you attempted to assign the partition a volume letter under control panel-administrative tools - computer management - disk management? That may be your problem...
Use the advanced functions of Partition Magic to determine the partition type. It's probably type 17, which is "Hidden HPFS/NTFS"
You want to change it to type 07 which is simply "HPFS/NTFS"
good source of info:
http://www.bitzenbytes.com/Content-Arcanum-18-1-58.html
You want to change it to type 07 which is simply "HPFS/NTFS"
good source of info:
http://www.bitzenbytes.com/Content-Arcanum-18-1-58.html
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edkim80: The partition got a drive letter once it was created. I moved files to it then after a re-boot it would not show up. Bootmagic can boot to it. But I want to be able to move files on and off the 2nd partition while in XP.
fixer64: It's FAT32 but I understand the concept. Hidden partitions have a 1 in the first hex digit. Partition Magic showed the partition as hidden. I went to advanced to make it un-hidden and it went through the moves, which includes a re-boot. When XP came back up, the partition was still hidden.
I'm starting to think bootmagic is the issue.
fixer64: It's FAT32 but I understand the concept. Hidden partitions have a 1 in the first hex digit. Partition Magic showed the partition as hidden. I went to advanced to make it un-hidden and it went through the moves, which includes a re-boot. When XP came back up, the partition was still hidden.
I'm starting to think bootmagic is the issue.
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Looks like I figured it out. There are settings in the properties for each partition in boot magic. I changed those and I can see both partitions now.
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