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Old 06-05-2008, 09:36 PM   #31 (permalink)
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You can't do it thru Linux. Linux does have the same ways to flag or mark a partition.
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How? When I am in GParted, all it says (that is related) under manage flags is "boot"
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You have to do it within Windows. GParted will give you the boot flag but you need the System Active mark on it from Windows. Not the boot flag from Linux. They are not the same thing.
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Old 06-05-2008, 11:33 PM   #34 (permalink)
 
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You can do it thru Linux. Linux does have the same ways to flag or mark a partition.
Well, this confused me.


So, I will have to fix my ordinal error first.

*sigh* time to get started.
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How is it confusing? You asked how to do it from Linux. I said you can not. You have to mark the partition as system active from within Windows. I think that is pretty straight forward.

To mark the drive as boot is NOT the same as Windows seeing it as the System Active disk. That is the Linux mark if you were dual booting with Linux that flag would help you. But since you are running Windows it does nothing. That is a Linux based tag. Not a Windows one.

So get into Safe Mode and go under Disk Management and right click and mark the drive as system active.
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You said can. I did not catch that it was a mis type.
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Sorry. Didnt catch that myself. Changed now. Reads Can't.
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Cool. And it is marked as active.


This is so weird....
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