WIndows XP DISKPART
Hello, i want to create this exact hard drive setup. How can i do this using diskpart command line?
Partition ### Type
Partition 1 Extended
Partition 2 Primary
Partition ### Type
Partition 1 Extended
Partition 2 Primary
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im booting the PC with a winpe CD...but, that wasent my question...again my question was how to create the partitions as i mention above
Check the section "Commands to Manage Basic Disks" from this knowledge base article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/300415
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i forgot to mention not to give me any links that in the end do not answer my question. I already have these links.
let me rephrase my question.
the command to create a primary partiiton is "create partition primary". well once i input this command, it creates partition 0. i do not want 0 i want 2.
how can i play around with partitions that are not created in the first place with the correct number i am looking for?
let me rephrase my question.
the command to create a primary partiiton is "create partition primary". well once i input this command, it creates partition 0. i do not want 0 i want 2.
how can i play around with partitions that are not created in the first place with the correct number i am looking for?
all i can suggest is that you create a small primary partition as this will be set as 0, and then you create additional partitions how you would like.
As far as i know you cannot change the first partition number.
As far as i know you cannot change the first partition number.
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the real problem i am having, is that i received a PC that was imaged by someone with different sofrware. the partitions were set differently. i captured an image with imagex, then applied it. when i reboot the pc, i get a hardware error problem which i suspect its becuase the C drive was captured on partition 2, thats why its not booting. in other words, the boot,ini file in the image itself is pointing to partition 2. anyways, i will keep trying different ways..
can you not edit the boot.ini file in the image and change it accordingly? or change the boot.ini then re-image the hard drive?
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i would have to find a way to edit the image offline ...i am not sure how to do that yet...you know how?
its a windows image (.wim)
its a windows image (.wim)
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my hunch was correct, modifying the boot.ini file inside the image fixed the problem..therefore thanks for the link on how to modify images offline...
question, can i also install and remove software to an offline image? what about applying windows updates as well?
question, can i also install and remove software to an offline image? what about applying windows updates as well?
Not as such but you can edit a batch file that gets launched during setup. That's how I used to do it
How do you intend to run DISKPART, after OS install?
Are you using a PXE installer?
You might be better off with FDISK from a bootable disk.