Installing Windows NT with Multiple Primary Partitions (99722)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.1
This article was previously published under Q99722 SUMMARY
When Windows NT is installed on a system that has more than one
primary partition on the first hard drive, the first primary partition
will always be set as the active partition.
When running Windows NT on a system with two or more primary
partitions on the same hard drive that are accessible by MS-DOS, you
can use FDISK to set any of the primary partitions as the active, or
bootable, partition. However, when installing Windows NT on a system
such as this, the first primary partition on the drive will always be
made active regardless of which partition was previously set as
active. The active partition is the partition on which the files
NTLDR, NTDETECT.COM, and BOOT.INI are installed.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 10/30/2003 |
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| Keywords: | kbother KB99722 |
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