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03-11-2007
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| | Re: Can't format drive after dual boot removed He has no active partition when the first drive is removed. "John Barnett MVP" <freelanceit@mvps.org.NOSPAM> wrote in message news:OGVd0jCZHHA.1400@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > John i've tried all that on my own system and it didn't work. As soon as > the second drive was plugged in again i got a no operating system found > error. Did a repair and vista put the boot records on the second hard > drive. > > -- > John Barnett MVP > Associate Expert > Windows - Shell/User > > Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org > Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org > > The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any > kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, > reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable > for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out > of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in > this mail/post.. > > "John Barnes" <jbarnes@email.net> wrote in message > news:%23$X5jICZHHA.4988@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >> Try unplugging the non Vista drive and do your startup repair. Leave the >> drive unplugged until you boot, or at least try a couple more times. Let >> us know any error messages you get when you try to reboot after the >> repair completes if it doesn't boot. (you can always plug it back in if >> it still continues to fail) >> >> "Irv" <Irv@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news  C4AE54B-9667-4861-AC01-C0D08664B3A0@microsoft.com...>>> Tried it four or five times to no avail. It will not take it. It keeps >>> showing that the Vista installation is on the D:\ Partition of the C:\ >>> drive. >>> No matter what I do it will not change. >>> Irv >>> >>> "John Barnes" wrote: >>> >>>> Go into your BIOS and change the boot order to have the Vista drive >>>> first in >>>> boot priority (after the DVD player). You may have to do this in two >>>> places, one to put the HD in the proper boot order and another to place >>>> the >>>> Vista drive at the top of the HD priority. >>>> Then insert the Vista DVD and start the install until you get to the >>>> place >>>> where you have the repair options. Do a repair start or startup or >>>> whatever >>>> it's called and you will be okay. Prior versions in test required as >>>> many >>>> as 3 tries before it worked, so don't give up if the first and second >>>> tries >>>> fail. Do the startup repair, reboot and you should be okay to format >>>> the >>>> other drive. >>>> >>>> >>>> "Irv" <Irv@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >>>> news:0E7A5D5C-5096-46BB-AD55-3724A3DBC1E4@microsoft.com... >>>> >I installed C:\Vista and D:\WinXP as a dual boot setup using two SATA >>>> >drives >>>> > and EasyBCD 1.52. Everything was fine and I continued to use them >>>> > both >>>> > until >>>> > I felt everything was stable. I decided it was time to remove the >>>> > training >>>> > wheels (XP dual boot) using EasyBCD 1.52. I rebooted and everything >>>> > was >>>> > fine. >>>> > Now I wanted to format D:\. Right clicking on the drive and selected >>>> > Format >>>> > it would not allow me to do it. I then proceeded to delete everything >>>> > on >>>> > the >>>> > drive. I can delete everything, but Boot and Bootmgr. It tells me >>>> > that >>>> > they >>>> > are in use. To prove this I unplugged the D:\ drive and the system >>>> > would >>>> > not >>>> > boot. >>>> > This is what is showing in EasyBCD: >>>> > http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k180/irvdk/Boot.jpg >>>> > Can someone tell me what is wrong and how to fix it? >>>> > >>>> >>>> >> > |
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03-11-2007
| #12 (permalink) |
| | Re: Can't format drive after dual boot removed The os can be on a logical drive or non active primary partition, but the boot files have to be on an active partition "John Barnes" <jbarnes@email.net> wrote in message news:uqXHQsCZHHA.4396@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > He has no active partition when the first drive is removed. > > "John Barnett MVP" <freelanceit@mvps.org.NOSPAM> wrote in message > news:OGVd0jCZHHA.1400@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> John i've tried all that on my own system and it didn't work. As soon as >> the second drive was plugged in again i got a no operating system found >> error. Did a repair and vista put the boot records on the second hard >> drive. >> >> -- >> John Barnett MVP >> Associate Expert >> Windows - Shell/User >> >> Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org >> Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org >> >> The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any >> kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, >> reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable >> for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out >> of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in >> this mail/post.. >> >> "John Barnes" <jbarnes@email.net> wrote in message >> news:%23$X5jICZHHA.4988@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >>> Try unplugging the non Vista drive and do your startup repair. Leave >>> the drive unplugged until you boot, or at least try a couple more times. >>> Let us know any error messages you get when you try to reboot after the >>> repair completes if it doesn't boot. (you can always plug it back in if >>> it still continues to fail) >>> >>> "Irv" <Irv@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >>> news C4AE54B-9667-4861-AC01-C0D08664B3A0@microsoft.com...>>>> Tried it four or five times to no avail. It will not take it. It >>>> keeps >>>> showing that the Vista installation is on the D:\ Partition of the C:\ >>>> drive. >>>> No matter what I do it will not change. >>>> Irv >>>> >>>> "John Barnes" wrote: >>>> >>>>> Go into your BIOS and change the boot order to have the Vista drive >>>>> first in >>>>> boot priority (after the DVD player). You may have to do this in two >>>>> places, one to put the HD in the proper boot order and another to >>>>> place the >>>>> Vista drive at the top of the HD priority. >>>>> Then insert the Vista DVD and start the install until you get to the >>>>> place >>>>> where you have the repair options. Do a repair start or startup or >>>>> whatever >>>>> it's called and you will be okay. Prior versions in test required as >>>>> many >>>>> as 3 tries before it worked, so don't give up if the first and second >>>>> tries >>>>> fail. Do the startup repair, reboot and you should be okay to format >>>>> the >>>>> other drive. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> "Irv" <Irv@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >>>>> news:0E7A5D5C-5096-46BB-AD55-3724A3DBC1E4@microsoft.com... >>>>> >I installed C:\Vista and D:\WinXP as a dual boot setup using two SATA >>>>> >drives >>>>> > and EasyBCD 1.52. Everything was fine and I continued to use them >>>>> > both >>>>> > until >>>>> > I felt everything was stable. I decided it was time to remove the >>>>> > training >>>>> > wheels (XP dual boot) using EasyBCD 1.52. I rebooted and everything >>>>> > was >>>>> > fine. >>>>> > Now I wanted to format D:\. Right clicking on the drive and selected >>>>> > Format >>>>> > it would not allow me to do it. I then proceeded to delete >>>>> > everything on >>>>> > the >>>>> > drive. I can delete everything, but Boot and Bootmgr. It tells me >>>>> > that >>>>> > they >>>>> > are in use. To prove this I unplugged the D:\ drive and the system >>>>> > would >>>>> > not >>>>> > boot. >>>>> > This is what is showing in EasyBCD: >>>>> > http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k180/irvdk/Boot.jpg >>>>> > Can someone tell me what is wrong and how to fix it? >>>>> > >>>>> >>>>> >>> >> > |
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