Yes...and no

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When a partition has Windows installed on it, it is set up as an "active partition", since "active partition" denotes one which is bootable.
So...a user can have multiple hard drives, each with a Windows install...and each partition reflecting bootable Windows will be "active" in that each contains a bootable version of Windows. But only 1 partition is bootable at any one time.
Whichever a user boots into...will be recognized by Windows as "active."
Active Partition.I've also found that setting a partition "active" and then removing the O/S has no impact on whether the partition is still seen as "active". To eliminate that, I have to delete the partition and create a new one.
Louis
Edited by hamluis, 23 August 2010 - 12:56 PM.