Re: How can this happen!


"Bob" <xx@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:frf29b$d24$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Philo I tried changing it to boot from the other drive (D my new drive,
with the new WinXP) but all I get is 4 funny symbols in Dos , something
like a "Y8Y8" so I have to change the boot back to my old drive with the
old windows to get it up and running..........Thanks Bob

"philo" <philo@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Bob" <xx@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:frev0b$b15$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
3 months ago I took my computer in to my Tecko Store and asked them to
put a new and bigger drive in and to load WindowsXp on it
They dropped my original C drive to D, Added a larger drive to C and
reformatted the disk and loaded a New WinXP
2 days ago my computer wont boot up just stops and shows 4 symbols in
Dos, so I take my computer in, they opened up BIOS setting telling me
some how my computer was trying to load up from D drive where my old
disk is, So they changed the boot up to my bigger Drive in C.
I get home Boot up , which it does now, but funnily enough all my old
files and shortcuts from my last drive are on desktop, then I open
Windows explorer and my small drive is now at C and my new Big drive
D,,,,,,, Confused........Thanks for any help Bob



You need to set the bios to boot from your new drive
and leave it there...
as a matter of fact, you should remove your second drive entirely from
the boot options




Check the data cable,
it looks like the drive is not being detected properly.


.

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