" Anyone have any idea why CD software would cause the drive partition to split? "
Only this. For many years it's been known you should choose one or the other. You've verified again why such advice is handed out.
Bob
Installing CD Creater 7.0 and Nero together on the same HD running Windows XP will cause BIG problems. Depending on which one is installed first only one tells you to remove the other. The result of installing the two will repartition your Hard Drive. 1/3 becomes a N/O system and other 2/3 remains in tack. I had trouble getting the two partitions to merge, I had to fdisk several times to accomplish this. After it happened the second time I found out what caused it. I almost had to throw my new hard drive away.
Has anyone installed these 2 programs together and had the same problem??? Anyone have any idea why CD software would cause the drive partition to split?

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