I'm with that, Saab, thanks, but how do you explain my previous post puzzle?
EDIT: To amplify: I have 4 primary partitions on a 500GB sata. I have (laboriously!) copied all 4 to a spare couple of 160 SATAs, wiped the 500GB, reformated NTFS, and UNLESS I create only primary partitions, the system will not boot. Any sign of extended or logical and it fails.
I have now restored 4 primaries to the 500gb (without data) and she boots fine.
Last edited by BOAC; 29th September 2014 at 20:49.