Re: Uninstalling a slave hard drive problems
From: peter (peter_at_nomalarky.net)
Date: 04/02/04
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Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 22:30:15 -0700
Ok
put your HD back in IDE 1 where it belongs.
seeing as you removed the line that tells the system where to look for the OS
you'll have to recreate
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Try booting up using the XP CD-ROM and choose to repair. Then choose the
Recovery Console Option...
Choose the number corresponding to your XP version and enter your
Administrator Password (then press enter).
After that you'll see a command prompt...enter the following command:
1..bootcfg /rebuild" command to fix boot.ini.
2... FIXBOOT will fix the boot sector on the boot drive,
3... FIXMBR will fix the master boot record if the NT loader
complains of a missing HAL or unmountable boot volume.
After the process is completed enter the command EXIT to quit (and the
system should auto reboot OK from that point onwards...
DO number1 first that will rebuild the boot.ini file
You should be able to start XP from then on without having to do #2 or #3
let us know!!
peter
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:12a7301c41862$3b656960$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> My last post just disappeared??!??
>
> Anyway, I deleted the wrong line of boot.ini. So I tried
> changing the IDE cables to suit the line I had left (ie,
> put the original HD to where the slave was). This hasnt
> worked. Any ideas????
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Thanks for that. Although I cant find the boot.ini file.
> >Where should it be located?
> >
> >Thanks again!
> >
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>use notepad to edit the Boot.ini file and remove the
> >line that refers to the
> >>missing HD
> >>peter
> >><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >>news:1774801c4185a$374f3e80$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> >>> After installing a second (slave) hard drive to my
> >>> computer to load an OS onto it, I have removed it and
> >put
> >>> it into another computer. However, on start up, the
> >>> computer still asks me which Windows I would like to
> >load
> >>> (or which HD). If I select the one that is still there
> >>> (the master) it loads fine, and 'my computer' doesnt
> >>> display the second hard drive that was removed.
> However
> >>> if I select the second hard drive that isnt actually
> >>> there, it wont load as it cant detect it. How do I
> >remove
> >>> this question from the start up? BIOS says there is no
> >>> second hard drive so why does it ask me which one I
> >want
> >>> to load?
> >>>
> >>> Any help would be great!
> >>> Thanks
> >>
> >>
> >>.
> >>
> >.
> >
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