When converting a primary partition to logical partition, what happens exactly? Will there be any data loss? The primary partition is on my external usb hard drive i use for storage. This partition is where i cloned my Master C: Root Drive before it failed. So XP operating system is on there and I’m concerned it may be interfering with my other XP installation on the new Master C: Root Drive. So i figured if I converted to logical, it will no longer be considered “active” partition. Is this the proper way to solve this issue or am i totally out in left field???
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Normall you would boot from Drive C: but it doesnt have to be. It is the location if the three system files, ntdetect.boor.ini and ntldr that matters. This the system drive. The Wndows folder with all the windows files in is boot drive and that can be anywhere and there can, as you have discovered be many of them This is know as the boot drive.
The boot ans system drive is normally the same but they can be differnt.
You appear to have got yourself into a mess by not understanding exactly what is going on. What I would do is copy all data thea you need to keep from to th eUSB drive. Disconnect it and start again from scratch deleting all partitions and recreating them.
You can do all this with the Windows boot disk. Leave Easeus Partition Manage out of it. Converting a partiiton to something else regardless of what Eaaeus calls it is always a risky proposition.
Stuart