unhiding partition problem

oakley

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i recently installed xp 64 as a second os using partition magic and bual booting with boot magic. i installed it on the same hd as my primary os (xp pro). i was thinking i could keep the two os's on two small partitions 15 gb each, boot magic on a 50mb fat32 partition, and use the remaining as a shared partition used buy both os's. the problem is the partion that i an wanting to use as a shared partition comes up as hidden. i have tried several times from both os's to to unhide the shared partition using partition magic and it just doesent happen. i reboot and the partition just stays hidden. is there anything else i can do?

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DaveSimmons

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I'm guessing you made the shared partition a "primary" partition instead of creating an extended partition and then a logical partiton inside that.

If so, delete it, create the extended, create the logical within it, be happy :)
 

oakley

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the shared partition is not a primary partition (that i know of) but the drive is not set up like you sugest. i origanaly had a single partition with xp pro installed on it. i then created a fat32 partition at the end, then the xp64 befor the fat32. the space between the original xp pro and the xp 64 partitions is the one i want to share.
(xp pro) (shared) (xp 64) (fat 32). i finaly have xp 64 working and all the drivers installed it would be nice if i could fix the problem and not have to reinstall xp 64. is there somthing can do?

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DaveSimmons

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Yes, delete the partition in the middle, move the other partitions down into the empty space.

Unfortunately your XP64 boot.ini file probably needs to be edited [ notepad will work ] before the move, since its partition number will change from 3 to 2. You might also need to re-install the boot manager after the FAT32 partition number changes.

Then create the shared at the end as extended plus logical.

I assume you have backups of any important documents :)