http://en.community.dell.com/forums/3524.aspxSoftware & Operating Systems Sub-BoardCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)http://en.community.dell.com/forums/thread/19513056.aspxFri, 03 Jul 2009 23:19:15 GMTe3197daa-ef0d-4a70-8402-29215ff9a0f2:19513056ejn630http://en.community.dell.com/forums/thread/19513056.aspxhttp://en.community.dell.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=3524&PostID=19513056<p>Windows will RUN from a logical partition but cannot BOOT from one, so you will have to use the Windows 7 boot manager in the c: partition.&nbsp; That will likely break the recovery function - if that&#39;s a consideration.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://en.community.dell.com/forums/thread/19513044.aspxFri, 03 Jul 2009 22:58:14 GMTe3197daa-ef0d-4a70-8402-29215ff9a0f2:19513044kylejwx0http://en.community.dell.com/forums/thread/19513044.aspxhttp://en.community.dell.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=3524&PostID=19513044<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;;">Hi, I just got a M1330 and it&#39;s great</span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;;">I want to do a triple boot with vista, windows 7, and media direct 3.5.&nbsp; </span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;;">Thanks to zrtom and others on the web who helped me get this far.</span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;;">I used Gparted (from partedmagic.com) to edit my partitions with hopes of achieving the triple boot.&nbsp; I shrank the C: down to 100gb leaving about 180gb unallocated. Then I expanded the extended partition that media direct is on to take up that unallocated space.&nbsp; I created a 100gb window7 ntfs logical partition and a 80gb data ntfs logical partition inside that extended partition.</span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;;">I now have the following configuration:</span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;;">primary partitions</span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;;">94mb Dell Diagnostics</span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;;">10gb Recovery</span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;;">100gb Windows vista C: Drive</span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;;">180gb Extended Partition</span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;;">Inside the extended Partition I have:</span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-indent:0.5in;"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;;">100gb windows 7 partition (logical)</span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-indent:0.5in;"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;;">80gb data partition (logical)</span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-indent:0.5in;"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;;">2.5 gb Media Direct (some software calls this a logical drive, windows calls it primary)</span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;;">So my main&nbsp;3 questions are:</span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;;">1. Can I install windows 7 on the logical partition? If not how can I install it?</span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;;">2. What will installing windows 7 do to media direct?</span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;;">3.&nbsp; The windows 7 install is just for fun/experimentation.&nbsp; I will probably want to install Linux (openSUSE) on this partition later, also just for fun/experimentation. Any suggestions about that? Can Linux install on the logical partition?</span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;;">Thanks for any help you can give!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Calibri;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Calibri;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Calibri;">P.S. Here is a great resource if you have any interest in multiple booting, particularly with the XPS M1330.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Calibri;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Calibri;">https://stairway27.net/blog/2008/02/23/m1330-quadruple-boot-mediadirect/</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>