Boot loader on separate partition?

OK, will give it a try. Thanks

SIW2 said:

Just run it as above - then C will be the system partition . You will not be forced to select M for Win sys image backup.

If you select Y for adding any pre existing boot menu items, then your Vista and XP boot menu entries will still appear.

Vista will boot up fine if you select it.

If you want XP to do the same, copy the 3 files boot.ini , ntdetect.com and ntldr onto the C partition.

Not sure what is taking so long - sispar does the job in less than 5 seconds.

LOL - I'm working on two things at the same time - BIOS tweaks & my partition issue which you solved!

Thanks!!!

@ Saltgrass, though I went with SIW2's suggestion I thank you for your suggestion as well.

Thanks guys

Case closed

Thanks for the update - glad it worked out for you.:)