SQL_Quest-825434 (12/30/2009)
What does Mark as Active partition do ? (disk management -> point to the drive and rt click --> mark partition as active)
Makes that the boot partition, ie the one that the computer will look for an OS on when it boots. Don't fiddle with it.
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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