Re: BOOT up missing on C-drive

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From: Rick \ (rick_at_mvps.org)
Date: 05/16/04 

Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 18:33:22 -0400

Hi,

Copy ntldr and ntdetect.com from D to C, then boot the WinXP CD and enter
the Recovery Console by hitting "r" at the prompt. Run fixboot C: from the
prompt. 

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Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows
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"JayDP" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:dc7401c43b8e$d4b4f3c0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> Though complicated I'll try and keep it short.
>
> IDE 0, C:\drive  19.1 GB, primary
> IDE 1, D:\drive  4.1 GB, slave
>
> Through circumstances, I ended up with a corrupted (by
> Verizon DSL & ZoneAlarm) Windows ME (upgraded from 98 2nd
> Ed) on the Primary C:\drive.  So I installed (a borrowed -
> temporary) Win 2000 Server onto the D:\drive.
>
> Only a temporary situation, I then (a few months later)
> purchased Windows XP Upgrade and reformatted the
> C:\drive.
>
> I installed Windows XP as a new install, successfully on
> the reformatted C:\drive.  Then I proceeded to reformat
> the secondary d:\drive in order to yank it out and use it
> on another older computer.
>
> That's when I noticed the problems.  I couldn't reformat
> the d:\drive because of "system files in use" error
> message.
>
> So, I tried physically disconnecting the D:\drive.  After
> doing that - I couldn't boot into Windows XP.
>
> I get the following Errors:
>
> "NTLDR is missing"  and
> "Boot Record not found on IDE-0"
>
> It appears that when I installed (and spent two weeks
> setting up and loading programs for) Windows XP, that
> because Win 2000 was the default boot-up OS and on the
> D:\drive before all of this, and because I reformatted
> the C:\drive - Win XP defaulted to the D:\drive for boot-
> up - but installed on the C:\drive as directed and as
> desired.
>
> Q:  How do I create the Master Boot record on the primary
> C:\drive (sans yanking out the D:\drive and starting all
> over installing and setting up Win XP)???
>
> Please also reply via e-mail:  no7spam-general-
> removethis@yahoo.com (removing the embedded "-removethis"
> from the listed e-mail address to prevent spammers.
>

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