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| Thread ID: 85588 | 2007-12-15 09:25:00 | Will this SATA drive work in my PC? | springa886 (10558) | Press F1 |
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| 621401 | 2007-12-20 05:50:00 | These are USB flash drives (www.edencomputers.co.nz) | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 621402 | 2007-12-20 06:01:00 | I'm guessing that somehow adding the SATA drive changed the mount point for the original system drive, now boot.ini is pointing to the wrong drive? If so, this (from speedy's first link) would be most likely work to correct it: Method 2 Use the Bootcfg utility in the Recovery Console to correct the Boot.ini file: 1. Use the Windows XP CD-ROM to start your computer. 2. When you receive the message to press R to repair Windows by using the Recovery Console, press the R key. 3. Select the Windows installation that you want, and then type the administrator password when prompted. 4. Type bootcfg /rebuild, and then press ENTER. 5. When the Windows installation is located, the following instructions are displayed: Add installation to boot list? (Yes/No/All) [Type Y in response to this message.] Enter Load Identifier: [This is the name of the operating system. Type Windows XP Professional or Windows XP Home Edition.] Enter OS Load options: [Leave this field blank, and then press ENTER]. After you perform the preceding steps, restart the computer, and then select the first item on the boot menu. This should allow Windows XP to start normally. After Windows XP has successfully loaded, the Boot.ini can be modified to remove the incorrect entry. |
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| 621403 | 2007-12-20 06:07:00 | I've said it before and i'll say it again, Speedy, you my friend, are a legend!!! Problem SOLVED!!! I went thru METHOD 4 of Speedy's 1st option and it worked, formatting the drive right now. Agent, thanx for all the help, ur a champion too :) |
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| 621404 | 2007-12-20 06:26:00 | Cool, good to hear you got it going again! | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 621405 | 2007-12-20 07:13:00 | That's great news :) | Agent_24 (57) | ||
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