Vista - Vista 32 Ultimate Will not boot into windows from new HDD

Okay, this is a weird one. I put in a new 250GB HDD (SATA) as my primary
drive. I have two DVD RW (one SATA and one EIDE).

I formated and installed a clean version of Vista Ultimate on the 250GB
drive using the install tools on the Vista DVD.

Restarted the system without issues without the DVD in. Used the User
migration tool on the Vista DVD to move the backed up files from my previous
install to the clean install.

Now, if I start my computer, it says that the HDD is not a valid boot disk.

If I start with the Vista DVD in one of the two DVD drives, it boots into
the windows on the C drive without issue.

I tried running the Startup Repair from the DVD, and it has not changed it.
Does anyone know what may be occuring? Have an idea of what I may be
overlooking?

Did you mark partition as active?

"ShadoShryke" <ShadoShryke@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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OK. I get this if I leave an external USB harddrive running during boot. My
solution is to turn off the external USB harddrive, and only then turn on
the computer and start the booting up. 'Seems the BIOS on my machine gets
confused when USB storage devices are running during boot.

Saucy



"ShadoShryke" <ShadoShryke@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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If there are more than one hard drive connected to the motherboard,
make sure the bios is set to boot from the correct drive.

On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 06:46:02 -0700, ShadoShryke
<ShadoShryke@xxxxxx> wrote:

Hi, Dusko,

Windows Vista install process ensures that the drive is active from the
start if no other operating system is found. Yes, the drive partition is
Primary, Active and Basic (would never use Dynamic Disks on threat of life
and limb).

ShadoShryke

"Dusko Savatovic" wrote:

BIOS choice only allows me to chose SATA and does not let me pick a specific
drive. Good thought though.
Remember that it lets me boot with the DVD in, and it does not matter if the
DVD is in the SATA connected DVD-RW or the EIDE connected DVD-RW, and if a
DVD is not in, it should default to the first drive.
Further note: This also happened when my C drive was on the EIDE channel.



"andy" wrote:

Also, please note the part of my original post that stated:
Restarted the system without issues without the DVD in.

This means that it successfully booted from the SATA drive the first time.
Now, something else is affecting it.


"Dusko Savatovic" wrote:

Interesting thought. I have a 250GB MyPassport that I connect on a regular
basis. Since it senses as a SATA device, this may be the culprit.

I can't remember if I have tried rebooting without that drive plugged into
one of the USB ports. I will have to try that tonight.

ShadoShryke



"Saucy" wrote:

Typically there's a setting called Hard Disk Drives or Hard Disk Boot
Priority that lets you select which drive to boot from.

On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:04:02 -0700, ShadoShryke
<ShadoShryke@newsgroup> wrote:

My new computer (AMD Phenom 3 and Asus mobo) won't boot properly if either
the external USB drive is plugged in and on, or if there is a "flash" drive
stuck in a USB port. For some reason these USB drives bump the SATA drives
and consequently no boot. I have to either remove/un-plug and/or turn off
these USB storage devices before I can boot into Windows.

Saucy



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