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Terry R.
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Yesterday I was looking at an HP Pavilion computer that suddenly stopped
booting for a new client. Windows would start, flash a blue screen and
restart. I loaded Bart PE and could view the data on both drives. I
noticed that one smaller drive (Samsung) had Windows/Program Files/etc
on it, and the 2nd larger drive (WDC) did also. The client had said
someone else installed a new drive in the machine, which I assumed was
the larger drive (I was wrong).
So I switched the boot options to boot from the 2nd drive (Samsung),
since there are two drives in the machine. Then XP MC loaded. The
larger drive (WDC) was assigned as C: and the smaller drive (Samsung) as
J:. Windows was using C: even though I set it to boot from the Samsung.
If I restarted and set the boot to the WDC, it failed. Setting it back
to the Samsung, it booted and I looked at Disk Management and found that
the WDC was listed as System and Samsung was listed as Active. I
removed all the Windows files, Program Files, and root files from the
Samsung and it still boots correctly.
It boots okay but it still seems backwards. Any thoughts?
Terry R.
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booting for a new client. Windows would start, flash a blue screen and
restart. I loaded Bart PE and could view the data on both drives. I
noticed that one smaller drive (Samsung) had Windows/Program Files/etc
on it, and the 2nd larger drive (WDC) did also. The client had said
someone else installed a new drive in the machine, which I assumed was
the larger drive (I was wrong).
So I switched the boot options to boot from the 2nd drive (Samsung),
since there are two drives in the machine. Then XP MC loaded. The
larger drive (WDC) was assigned as C: and the smaller drive (Samsung) as
J:. Windows was using C: even though I set it to boot from the Samsung.
If I restarted and set the boot to the WDC, it failed. Setting it back
to the Samsung, it booted and I looked at Disk Management and found that
the WDC was listed as System and Samsung was listed as Active. I
removed all the Windows files, Program Files, and root files from the
Samsung and it still boots correctly.
It boots okay but it still seems backwards. Any thoughts?
Terry R.
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