Re: Boot to either of two drives, then only one

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From: Alphonse (spamaddress_at_eatkk.com)
Date: 10/26/04 

Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 17:08:49 +0200

Hi Bill,
You just complicated things a bit by adding partitions to this equation...
maybe. ;-)
We're just going to need to clarify some things, that's all.
1- When you boot from HD-0, where is your pagefile.sys?
2- Which drive is partitioned, HD-0 or HD-1?
     a- Boot using HD-0, right-click My Computer, Manage, Disk Mgmt. Please
describe what the bars in the lower right-hand side look like, as follows:
(skip the CD drives)
Disk 0:
  - Partition name, if any, (Letter), Type (from list in upper half of
screen)
  - Partition name, if any, (Letter), Type (from list in upper half of
screen)
  - etc.
Disk 1:
  - Partition name, if any, (Letter), Type (from list in upper half of
screen)
  - Partition name, if any, (Letter), Type (from list in upper half of
screen)
  - etc.
3- If the partitions belong to HD-0, do you have any programs installed in
them?
    Basically, do you use them for other than simply storing data?
4- What do you mean by SP1 & SP2? (I thought one was the image of the
other.)
5- Are there any other factors involved?

I have the impression that your "mirror" drive is getting confused when it's
alone, looking for something that lives in one of the other partitions? But
without knowing your precise setup and what is in the other partitions... If
the partitions belong to HD-0, why not do a full drive copy, meaning that
both would end up having equal number of partitions?

This is how things should "normally" look in a "generic" setup with more
than one HD, where HD-0 is the physical drive set to Master, and BIOS is set
to boot from HD-0.
A = Floppy
C = HD-0 (Primary Master), Partition 1
D = HD-1 (Primary Slave), Partition 1
E = CD drive of whichever type (Secondary Master)
F = (Secondary Slave, if any installed. If not, change G...Z to F...Z below)
G...Z = Other partitions, if any, first of HD-0, then of HD-1.
If the BIOS or the jumpers on the drives are changed, the above "should"
remain true as well. If a physical drive or partition is added after
initial installation, drive letters "should" be added as the next drive
letter available. 

-- 
Cheers,
Alphonse
"William B. Lurie" <billurie@nospam.org> wrote in message 
news:%23UmI8ouuEHA.3152@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>
> If I boot to HDD-0, My Computer lists the following drives:
> A Floppy
> C Master 80GB (SP1)
> D D-I 91604
> E CD-RW Drive
> F DVD drive
> G My Spare, with SP-2 (Slave position)
> H D-I 0713
> I D-I 091504
>
> If I boot to HDD-1, My Computer lists the following drives:
> A Floppy
> C Spare drive, with SP-2
> D Master 80GB (SP1)
> E CD-RW Drive
> F DVD Drive
> G D-I 91604
> H D-I 0713
> J D-I 091504
>
> I am able to boot to HDD-0 and run my Master 80GB SP1.....and
> I am able to boot to HDD-1 and run my Spare Drive, with SP2.
>
> But if I put the SP2 drive into Master position on the cable,
> jumper it as Master, and try to boot to it as HDD-0, I get to
> the blue Windows logo screen but not the Loading your personal
> settings....and it hangs there.
>

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