active drive

[dgrav]

having to reinstal xp due hard drive failure the system is not on active drive ? how do i make the boot drive with xp the only active drive any help appreciated

[Mr.James]

having to reinstal xp due hard drive failure the system is not on active drive ? how do i make the boot drive with xp the only active drive any help appreciated

boot off the windows cd. choose r to repair the windows installation. type:

diskpart
select disk 0
select partition 1
active
exit

assuming you only have 1 disk and 1 partition ( c: )

[dgrav]

Many thanks cured

[Mr.James]

no prob matey