Re: Can Only Boot with Boot CD in Drive

I don't think you realize all that you have done. I believe you now have
TWO installations of Windows, one on the 80G, and one on the 160G. The
original apparently is corrupt. The boot files remained there when you
reinstalled to the wrong (the 80G) drive. Therefore the 160G boots.
[Rightclick My Computer. Choose Manage. Under Storage in the left pane,
click Disk management. Which drive says "System", which says "Active"
("Boot"), etc. in the right pane? (This is the Disk SnapIn Tool, and may
cause you to reinstall everything, if used to make changes without proper
Knowledge.)
As of Now, ANY programs installed with the first Windows install are
pointing to the wrong drive, because when you installed the 2nd Windows, THAT
became the C: drive according to Windows. So ANY/ALL programs not reinstalled
are skewed, and any leftover parts are, too.
Best bet: total reinstall of entire system.(if it was me)
To make Photoshop work (possibly), as is: replicate the path to the the
library with empty folders on the D: drive, and copy the final library folder
at the end of the path.
That is: If program's path says D:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop\Library,
open D:\Program Files and just make a New>folder named Adobe, make a folder
inside it named Photoshop, then copy and paste the library folder inside of
that. May work; don't know what all else you've reinstalled, or haven't.
I'd start over.





Where do I find this Windows Disk Management snap-in tool?

Sounds like the 160G drive was the active or boot partition, even though
Windows is/was installed on the 80G drive.

Seems as if you are correct!

Bet you'll find NTLDR, NTDETECT.COM, and Boot.ini if you go to [on the 160G
drive] tools>folder options...>view (tab) and check "show hidden files and
folders'and uncheck "hide protected operating system files
[Recommended]".Just open Windows Explorer on the 160G and look below the
folders after you change the options. You may also have to uncheck "Hide
extensions for known file types".

Correct, these files are on the 160GB drive which is not the boot drive.

The page at the address above explains a fix, but your Windows programs now
call the 160G "C:", and think "Windows" is on "D:", the 80G. You might just
leave well enough alone, if everything is working. [Is there a Windows folder
on the 160G drive?]

Yes there is a Windows folder on the 160GB drive. I don't know how it
got there.

I would leave everything alone since just about everything works fine
except my Photoshop Album software, where it thinks my photo library
is on the D: drive, when in actuality my photo albums are now on my C:
drive, and there doesn't seem to be an obvious way to switch this in
the Photoshop Album program, without backing up every photo to a DVD
and then using Photoshop Album to restore the backup to a new
location. Not a terrible situation, but I haven't decided if I want to
do that or not.

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Paige Miller
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I hope you dance -- Lee Ann Womack

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