Please help me split my two system disks!

[remolacha]

*****************************************************************
Boot.ini sys this:
*****************************************************************
[boot loader]
timeout=60
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
*****************************************************************

*****************************************************************
from disk management:
*****************************************************************
C:
disk0
basic
74.50Gb
online
(System)
(in RED colour)(means primary partition)
*****************************************************************
E:
disk1
basic
74.50Gb
online
(Page File)
(in RED colour)(means primary partition)
*****************************************************************
F:
disk2
basic
298.08Gb
online
(in PURPLE colour)(means logical drive)
*****************************************************************

NOW WHAT?

 

[remolacha]

On my computer system I have 3 hard drives. Two are IDE 80Gb (C: and Eand
the third one is (F SATA 300Gb. The two IDE 80Gb are both primary
partitions. The SATA 300Gb is a logical drive (F that I can disconnect if
I want to.

I don't remember how I set these up originally. If I remove E: and leave
behind only C: or leave behind only C: and F: the system won't start. I
assume it is because both C: and E: are primary partitions.

I want to remove E: and have the system boot from only C:

Can anybody tell me how to do this?

Thank you

 

[JS]

If you remove your E: drive and it is on the same cable as your C: drive
then your C: drive most likely has the drive jumper set to "Master with
Slave", try setting the C: drive jumper to "Master" only (no Slave drive)
and you should be able to boot with E: drive removed.

JS
http://www.pagestart.com

 

[remolacha]

I don't think that is the problem - they are both on "cable select".

I think it may have to do with the logical arrangement of the drives???

I don't know...

 

[JS]

With all three drives connected open "Disk Management".
You should see something like:
Disk 0
Disk 1
Disk 2

Disk 0 is normally the IDE Master which you boot from.
But sometimes when you add a SATA drive the disk numbers change.
Also check the entries in your BOOT.INI file and the contents post back.

JS

 

[JS]

Where is your pagefile located?

JS

*****************************************************************
Boot.ini sys this:
*****************************************************************
[boot loader]
timeout=60
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
*****************************************************************

*****************************************************************
from disk management:
*****************************************************************
C:
disk0
basic
74.50Gb
online
(System)
(in RED colour)(means primary partition)
*****************************************************************
E:
disk1
basic
74.50Gb
online
(Page File)
(in RED colour)(means primary partition)
*****************************************************************
F:
disk2
basic
298.08Gb
online
(in PURPLE colour)(means logical drive)
*****************************************************************

NOW WHAT?

With all three drives connected open "Disk Management".
You should see something like:
Disk 0
Disk 1
Disk 2

Disk 0 is normally the IDE Master which you boot from.
But sometimes when you add a SATA drive the disk numbers change.
Also check the entries in your BOOT.INI file and the contents post back.

JS

 

[remolacha]

Page file (virtual memory) is "system managed" for all drives.
I believe they all have a bit of the page file??
But if you look at my previous message below E: says "page file"....

Where is your pagefile located?

JS

*****************************************************************
Boot.ini sys this:
*****************************************************************
[boot loader]
timeout=60
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
*****************************************************************

*****************************************************************
from disk management:
*****************************************************************
C:
disk0
basic
74.50Gb
online
(System)
(in RED colour)(means primary partition)
*****************************************************************
E:
disk1
basic
74.50Gb
online
(Page File)
(in RED colour)(means primary partition)
*****************************************************************
F:
disk2
basic
298.08Gb
online
(in PURPLE colour)(means logical drive)
*****************************************************************

NOW WHAT?

With all three drives connected open "Disk Management".
You should see something like:
Disk 0
Disk 1
Disk 2

Disk 0 is normally the IDE Master which you boot from.
But sometimes when you add a SATA drive the disk numbers change.
Also check the entries in your BOOT.INI file and the contents post
back.

JS

I don't think that is the problem - they are both on "cable select".

I think it may have to do with the logical arrangement of the
drives???

I don't know...



If you remove your E: drive and it is on the same cable as your C:
drive then your C: drive most likely has the drive jumper set to
"Master with Slave", try setting the C: drive jumper to "Master"
only (no Slave drive) and you should be able to boot with E: drive
removed.

JS
http://www.pagestart.com


On my computer system I have 3 hard drives. Two are IDE 80Gb (C:
and Eand
the third one is (F SATA 300Gb. The two IDE 80Gb are both
primary partitions. The SATA 300Gb is a logical drive (F that I
can disconnect if
I want to.

I don't remember how I set these up originally. If I remove E:
and leave behind only C: or leave behind only C: and F: the
system won't start. I assume it is because both C: and E: are
primary partitions.

I want to remove E: and have the system boot from only C:

Can anybody tell me how to do this?

Thank you

 

[JS]

I would also still set the jumper on your C: driver to Master when you
remove the other IDE drive.

JS

*****************************************************************
Boot.ini sys this:
*****************************************************************
[boot loader]
timeout=60
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
*****************************************************************

*****************************************************************
from disk management:
*****************************************************************
C:
disk0
basic
74.50Gb
online
(System)
(in RED colour)(means primary partition)
*****************************************************************
E:
disk1
basic
74.50Gb
online
(Page File)
(in RED colour)(means primary partition)
*****************************************************************
F:
disk2
basic
298.08Gb
online
(in PURPLE colour)(means logical drive)
*****************************************************************

NOW WHAT?

With all three drives connected open "Disk Management".
You should see something like:
Disk 0
Disk 1
Disk 2

Disk 0 is normally the IDE Master which you boot from.
But sometimes when you add a SATA drive the disk numbers change.
Also check the entries in your BOOT.INI file and the contents post back.

JS

 

[remolacha]

OK thanks - I'll try that.

I would also still set the jumper on your C: driver to Master when you
remove the other IDE drive.

JS

*****************************************************************
Boot.ini sys this:
*****************************************************************
[boot loader]
timeout=60
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
*****************************************************************

*****************************************************************
from disk management:
*****************************************************************
C:
disk0
basic
74.50Gb
online
(System)
(in RED colour)(means primary partition)
*****************************************************************
E:
disk1
basic
74.50Gb
online
(Page File)
(in RED colour)(means primary partition)
*****************************************************************
F:
disk2
basic
298.08Gb
online
(in PURPLE colour)(means logical drive)
*****************************************************************

NOW WHAT?

With all three drives connected open "Disk Management".
You should see something like:
Disk 0
Disk 1
Disk 2

Disk 0 is normally the IDE Master which you boot from.
But sometimes when you add a SATA drive the disk numbers change.
Also check the entries in your BOOT.INI file and the contents post
back.

JS

I don't think that is the problem - they are both on "cable select".

I think it may have to do with the logical arrangement of the
drives???

I don't know...



If you remove your E: drive and it is on the same cable as your C:
drive then your C: drive most likely has the drive jumper set to
"Master with Slave", try setting the C: drive jumper to "Master"
only (no Slave drive) and you should be able to boot with E: drive
removed.

JS
http://www.pagestart.com


On my computer system I have 3 hard drives. Two are IDE 80Gb (C:
and Eand
the third one is (F SATA 300Gb. The two IDE 80Gb are both
primary partitions. The SATA 300Gb is a logical drive (F that I
can disconnect if
I want to.

I don't remember how I set these up originally. If I remove E:
and leave behind only C: or leave behind only C: and F: the
system won't start. I assume it is because both C: and E: are
primary partitions.

I want to remove E: and have the system boot from only C:

Can anybody tell me how to do this?

Thank you

 

[Andy]

*****************************************************************
Boot.ini sys this:
*****************************************************************
[boot loader]
timeout=60
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
*****************************************************************

*****************************************************************
from disk management:
*****************************************************************
C:
disk0
basic
74.50Gb
online
(System)
(in RED colour)(means primary partition)
*****************************************************************
E:
disk1
basic
74.50Gb
online
(Page File)
(in RED colour)(means primary partition)
*****************************************************************

Move the Page File to C:.

 

[philo]

OK thanks - I'll try that.

Some drives have different jumper settings for master.

Such as master with slave present
and master with no slave present...so look at that.

Also check your bios...
normally the channels are set to "auto"

but if the missing drive had been entered manually
(or detected and allocated not using "auto")
the parameters may still be in the bios
which could cause the system to hang

I would also still set the jumper on your C: driver to Master when you
remove the other IDE drive.

JS

*****************************************************************
Boot.ini sys this:
*****************************************************************
[boot loader]
timeout=60
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
*****************************************************************

*****************************************************************
from disk management:
*****************************************************************
C:
disk0
basic
74.50Gb
online
(System)
(in RED colour)(means primary partition)
*****************************************************************
E:
disk1
basic
74.50Gb
online
(Page File)
(in RED colour)(means primary partition)
*****************************************************************
F:
disk2
basic
298.08Gb
online
(in PURPLE colour)(means logical drive)
*****************************************************************

NOW WHAT?




With all three drives connected open "Disk Management".
You should see something like:
Disk 0
Disk 1
Disk 2

Disk 0 is normally the IDE Master which you boot from.
But sometimes when you add a SATA drive the disk numbers change.
Also check the entries in your BOOT.INI file and the contents post
back.

JS

I don't think that is the problem - they are both on "cable select".

I think it may have to do with the logical arrangement of the
drives???

I don't know...



If you remove your E: drive and it is on the same cable as your C:
drive then your C: drive most likely has the drive jumper set to
"Master with Slave", try setting the C: drive jumper to "Master"
only (no Slave drive) and you should be able to boot with E: drive
removed.

JS
http://www.pagestart.com


On my computer system I have 3 hard drives. Two are IDE 80Gb (C:
and Eand
the third one is (F SATA 300Gb. The two IDE 80Gb are both
primary partitions. The SATA 300Gb is a logical drive (F that I
can disconnect if
I want to.

I don't remember how I set these up originally. If I remove E:
and leave behind only C: or leave behind only C: and F: the
system won't start. I assume it is because both C: and E: are
primary partitions.

I want to remove E: and have the system boot from only C:

Can anybody tell me how to do this?

Thank you

 

[remolacha]

*****************************************************************
Boot.ini sys this:
*****************************************************************
[boot loader]
timeout=60
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
*****************************************************************

*****************************************************************
from disk management:
*****************************************************************
C:
disk0
basic
74.50Gb
online
(System)
(in RED colour)(means primary partition)
*****************************************************************
E:
disk1
basic
74.50Gb
online
(Page File)
(in RED colour)(means primary partition)
*****************************************************************

Move the Page File to C:.

F:
disk2
basic
298.08Gb
online
(in PURPLE colour)(means logical drive)
*****************************************************************

HOW DO I DO THAT? THANKS

 

[JS]

You might want to read this:
How to configure paging files for optimization and recovery in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314482/en-us

How to move the paging file in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307886/

In your case the pagefile should not be split/spread across
several drives. It should be on the C: drive only. Then
try removing the E: drive and see if the PC boots.

JS
http://www.pagestart.com

*****************************************************************
Boot.ini sys this:
*****************************************************************
[boot loader]
timeout=60
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
*****************************************************************

*****************************************************************
from disk management:
*****************************************************************
C:
disk0
basic
74.50Gb
online
(System)
(in RED colour)(means primary partition)
*****************************************************************
E:
disk1
basic
74.50Gb
online
(Page File)
(in RED colour)(means primary partition)
*****************************************************************

Move the Page File to C:.

F:
disk2
basic
298.08Gb
online
(in PURPLE colour)(means logical drive)
*****************************************************************

HOW DO I DO THAT? THANKS

 

[remolacha]

I'll give it a try - thanks for your help!

You might want to read this:
How to configure paging files for optimization and recovery in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314482/en-us

How to move the paging file in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307886/

In your case the pagefile should not be split/spread across
several drives. It should be on the C: drive only. Then
try removing the E: drive and see if the PC boots.

JS
http://www.pagestart.com

*****************************************************************
Boot.ini sys this:
*****************************************************************
[boot loader]
timeout=60
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
*****************************************************************

*****************************************************************
from disk management:
*****************************************************************
C:
disk0
basic
74.50Gb
online
(System)
(in RED colour)(means primary partition)
*****************************************************************
E:
disk1
basic
74.50Gb
online
(Page File)
(in RED colour)(means primary partition)
*****************************************************************

Move the Page File to C:.

F:
disk2
basic
298.08Gb
online
(in PURPLE colour)(means logical drive)
*****************************************************************

HOW DO I DO THAT? THANKS