To set the active partition

  • 1. Select a disk and a partition.
    Important: If the partition you select is not bootable or you are not certain if it is, have an operating system boot disk ready.
    2. Click Operations > Advanced > Set Active.
    3. Click OK.

    Tips
    In a configuration with mixed IDE and SCSI hard drives, Windows NT/2000 does not always see the boot drive as the first physical hard drive. ServerMagic displays drives in the order Windows NT/2000 reports them. As a result, you may see your boot device as Drive 1, 2, or so forth. This does not cause problems for ServerMagic except when you set a new active partition. ServerMagic may incorrectly report that there is no active partition on your system. To change your active partition, you must identify which drive is your boot drive. (With mixed IDE and SCSI hard drives, there is an increased chance that your BOOT.INI file may become corrupted. Therefore, it is a good idea to have a Windows NT boot disk available. For more information on how to create the boot disk, refer to the Microsoft Knowledge Base on the Internet, article Q254119 "Creating a Boot Disk for an NTFS or FAT Partition.")
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