From: not.my.real@email.address   
      
   philo wrote:   
      
   > On 11/11/2011 09:04 AM, bad sector wrote:   
   >>   
   >> Is there a requirement for the first primary partition for any windows   
   >> installation (xp or 7)? Can one install linux on the 1st primary and   
   >> windows on the 2nd?   
   >>   
   >> I know that a (any) primary "is" required at least to boot windows.   
   >   
   > It's true that the "boot" files for Windows must be on the first primary   
   > partition   
   >   
   > the rest of Windows can be on any drive though   
      
   Not necessarily true. I have Windows and its boot files on the 3rd partition   
   (hda3) and it works just fine. (hda1 is Linux /boot; hda2 is DOS C:, marked   
   active but with no drive letter under Windows.)   
      
   In theory, Windows *should* be able to boot from any partition; possibly even   
   from extended partitions and/or drives other than the primary master (although   
   I haven't tried).   
      
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