Bootloader Issue

krustykobb · 24 Dec 2013 at 09:47

I have 3 hard drives in my computer, 1 of them has my Windows 7 installation on it but I believe the bootloader for it is on one of my other drives (see image below). I was wondering how I would go about moving the bootloader to my main drive as I need to format the drive that currently has the bootloader on it.

Thanks in advance

Blackjack Davy · 30 Dec 2013 at 18:11

Not exactly sure what you're asking here? Generally speaking the rule is if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

BIOS will poll whatever is in the BOOT list until it finds something with a boot record and then seek to find the bootloader.

If its a standard Windows boot record it'll boot the first primary, active partition it finds, usually on the same HDD. (At least with traditional setups, I'm not familiar with UEFI)

Easy way to find out, just unplug the other drives and see if it still boots.

KIA · 30 Dec 2013 at 19:16

Remove the other drives before you do this.

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/32523/how-to-manually-repair-windows-7-boot-loader-problems/

bledd · 30 Dec 2013 at 20:02

This is why you should always install Windows with only one drive attached