Quick boot question

QlimaxUK · 3 Dec 2007 at 22:10

just brought a 2nd hdd drive its put as d:\ installed windows onto it boots fine and everythings i just want to put it as c:\ drive now, whats the easiest way to do this??? bios boot priority, boot.ini....?

rpstewart · 4 Dec 2007 at 09:39

Reinstalling is the only fix. The system is still booting off the original HDD but the bulk of Windows is installed on the second one.

The simplest option is to temporarily disconnect the original HDD during the install process.

QlimaxUK · 4 Dec 2007 at 17:36

no im sure theres a simple way its most possibly the boot ini, i have windows installed on both drives C: and D: it boots in D only, and after some pokin around i notice that d: has no boot.ini nor any other 'boot' files, so what its done is installed these files on c: and told them to look at d: wen ther read at startup, so what i need to know is first: how do i switch the drive letters (through bios), then what files i need to copy over to my chosen boot drive, and if any editings needs to be done (if so, what do i do)

im thinking somethings like the 'rdisk(1)' bit in the boot.ini... maybe change to rdisk(0)???

Rebelius · 4 Dec 2007 at 18:45

wont there be all sorts of references to drives in the registry and all that nonsense?

just reinstall.

Snapshot · 4 Dec 2007 at 20:51

QlimaxUK said:
no im sure theres a simple way

It doesn't matter how sure you are, you're still wrong. You need to re-install with your current D: as the only drive. It's also a good idea to delete its exisiting partition(s) first or the Windows installer may see it's currently labelled as D: and leave it like that.

Thebug · 4 Dec 2007 at 20:54

Cant you just clone it with ghost

rpstewart · 5 Dec 2007 at 08:33

Thebug said:
Cant you just clone it with ghost

No because a clone of his d: drive won't contain any of the boot files and hence is useless.

QlimaxUK · 5 Dec 2007 at 17:32

ok done, i reformated and made d to c 327 GB free space any1 want to suggest any games i can put onto it?

platinum87 · 8 Dec 2007 at 02:14

Snapshot said:
It doesn't matter how sure you are, you're still wrong. You need to re-install with your current D: as the only drive. It's also a good idea to delete its exisiting partition(s) first or the Windows installer may see it's currently labelled as D: and leave it like that.

yea i have this annoying insanity aswell, after millions of times re-installing windows, i have to disconnect 2 of my drives or the wrong one ends up as C:, dont know why, but it takes 2 min to disconnect from power/sata so its much quicker then wasting days trying to find an answer