I am a novice to much of what I should know before getting any big ideas like this. I am building a new computer for my father. His old one was running a 40GB HDD with three partitions on it; C drive (~17gb)was Windows 2000 pro; D drive (~17gb)was an install of linux Freespire 2; third partition (~4gb) was a storage disk formatted for the Windows data. There is also a 15GB slave drive that was all data storage, formatted in fat32.
The new setup is built on a Compaq computer, using a WD 40GB drive as C:, loaded with a new install of Windows Vista Home Basic version. The 15GB drive was added as a slave, and works with the setup. My question is, is it possible to add the original 40 GB drive also, and keep the Freespire OS intact on the second partition of the third hard drive, and make a multi boot for either the Vista or the Freespire? (Original Windows 2000 partition has already been wiped) The Vista OS does not recognize any partitions on the third HDD (40GB), as they are not formatted to fat or NT. Perhaps the only option will be wiping the third drive and reinstalling Freespire, but I hate to wipe out the settings and data.
