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On Sunday 28 October 2007, Beso wrote: |
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> yes, that should be the case, since winzoz installs its ntldr on the |
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> first readable partition. one time it has happened that i've |
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> reinstalled forgetting to hide the fat32 partition and winzoz |
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> installed on it the ntldr and i had to start it from that partition |
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> instead from the one it was installed. at least i was able in the end |
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> to free myself from it, since the apps that i've been using in winzoz |
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> are better and opensource in linux. :-) |
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Windows has the concept of "system partition" and "boot partition" (and, |
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for microsoft, they mean _exactly_ the opposite of what you may think). |
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Here is a good explanation: |
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http://www.goodells.net/multiboot/ |
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The article is about multibooting, but it also does a good job of |
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explaining how windows boot. |
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