Boot problem

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Michele Santucci

Hallo NG,

I have a big problem with my Windows Vista Ultimate installation:
In my PC I have 2 Sata HD units in the first one (at the time I installed
Vista) there was a
Windows Xp working installation. Vista have been installed on the second
unit but after
several time I discovered that the actual boot have been installed on the
first disk MBR
(that with Windows Xp).
Now I had to remove the first disk unit and obviously this will prevent
Vista to start.
How can I handle that? There's a way to 'rebuild' the Vista boot?

Thanks to everyone!
 
Hi,

Indeed yes, the boot files would still be installed to the [system] drive or
active partition, regardless of where the actual operating system files are
installed (oddly enough termed to be the [boot] volume).

What you would need to do after removing the primary drive is boot with the
Vista disk and run a startup repair.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
The same solution should apply also to Windows 7 installation?

Rick Rogers said:
Hi,

Indeed yes, the boot files would still be installed to the [system] drive
or active partition, regardless of where the actual operating system files
are installed (oddly enough termed to be the [boot] volume).

What you would need to do after removing the primary drive is boot with
the Vista disk and run a startup repair.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Michele Santucci said:
Hallo NG,

I have a big problem with my Windows Vista Ultimate installation:
In my PC I have 2 Sata HD units in the first one (at the time I installed
Vista) there was a
Windows Xp working installation. Vista have been installed on the second
unit but after
several time I discovered that the actual boot have been installed on the
first disk MBR
(that with Windows Xp).
Now I had to remove the first disk unit and obviously this will prevent
Vista to start.
How can I handle that? There's a way to 'rebuild' the Vista boot?

Thanks to everyone!
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Essentially yes, though the way Win7 sets up the boot is different.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Michele Santucci said:
The same solution should apply also to Windows 7 installation?

Rick Rogers said:
Hi,

Indeed yes, the boot files would still be installed to the [system] drive
or active partition, regardless of where the actual operating system
files are installed (oddly enough termed to be the [boot] volume).

What you would need to do after removing the primary drive is boot with
the Vista disk and run a startup repair.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Michele Santucci said:
Hallo NG,

I have a big problem with my Windows Vista Ultimate installation:
In my PC I have 2 Sata HD units in the first one (at the time I
installed Vista) there was a
Windows Xp working installation. Vista have been installed on the second
unit but after
several time I discovered that the actual boot have been installed on
the first disk MBR
(that with Windows Xp).
Now I had to remove the first disk unit and obviously this will prevent
Vista to start.
How can I handle that? There's a way to 'rebuild' the Vista boot?

Thanks to everyone!
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