Can os boot on logical extended partition

[bgd]

It is doing so now ( xp boot) on ntfs. Should I redo this to make it a
primary?

[philo]

"bgd" > wrote in message
news:deLKf.9724$qa2.409@trndny07...
> It is doing so now ( xp boot) on ntfs. Should I redo this to make it a
> primary?
>


you answered your own question

[bgd]

Is there a long term mishap waiting? Is it harder on the drive or chipset?
The hd is clearly making a different noise than on a primary.I have always
had a primary for boot partition, have not a clue what my weird setup is
going to do.
"philo" > wrote in message
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>
> "bgd" > wrote in message
> news:deLKf.9724$qa2.409@trndny07...
>> It is doing so now ( xp boot) on ntfs. Should I redo this to make it a
>> primary?
>>
>
>
> you answered your own question
>

[philo]

"bgd" > wrote in message
news:maMKf.9906$qa2.1443@trndny07...
> Is there a long term mishap waiting? Is it harder on the drive or chipset?
> The hd is clearly making a different noise than on a primary.I have always
> had a primary for boot partition, have not a clue what my weird setup is
> going to do.


You said it was booting up ok
so that means it works.
there should be no problems other than maybe slighlty slower access time...

[bgd]

dang it. I'm a gamer. Access time is important ;o)
Thanks for replies.
It's only another couple of hours to fix......

"philo" > wrote in message
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>
> "bgd" > wrote in message
> news:maMKf.9906$qa2.1443@trndny07...
>> Is there a long term mishap waiting? Is it harder on the drive or
>> chipset?
>> The hd is clearly making a different noise than on a primary.I have
>> always had a primary for boot partition, have not a clue what my weird
>> setup is going to do.
>
>
> You said it was booting up ok
> so that means it works.
> there should be no problems other than maybe slighlty slower access
> time...
>
>

[philo]

"bgd" > wrote in message
news:VqNKf.7560$Td2.6434@trndny06...
> dang it. I'm a gamer. Access time is important ;o)
> Thanks for replies.
> It's only another couple of hours to fix......
>


Ok...
I suppose you"ll be wanting every last drop of performance then!

[Jonny]

No. XP (windows) is running on a logical drive within an extended
partition.
Redo it? It didn't get that unusual way by itself.
--
Jonny
"bgd" > wrote in message
news:deLKf.9724$qa2.409@trndny07...
> It is doing so now ( xp boot) on ntfs. Should I redo this to make it a
> primary?
>