Active Partition Creation

[Guest_imported]

I am trying to set up a test environment on a NT 4.0 server box. The software package that I was trying to install required 4 partitions on the drive. I used disk manager to partition the drives. When I did so it also made the C: drive (where the OS was stored) in active. When the computer is restarted, it will not boot into the OS. Is there anyway that one could make the C: drive active again?

 

[Voyager1]

Try booting from a Win98/Win95 or DOS 6.22 boot disk that contains FDISK.EXE. FDISK will let you look at the current partition setup and mark the required partition active.

Out of curiosity, what was your original OS?

Hope this helps... Bill
CNE, MCSE, CCNA, CCA, MCT, CCI

"I'd much rather be lucky than good"

 

[Guest_imported]

I bcame lucky instead of good. The original OS was server 4.0. I was trying to install a softwae pak that required partitions for its different databases. Your solution worked. I asked around the IT dept, and we came up with the same solution. Thank you for your input. B-)