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wierd problem with windows boot.

  • 08-02-2008 1:23am
    #1
    RoyalMarine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,824 ✭✭✭


    bit of a wierd one.

    installed win xp just now on my desktop.

    ive got

    3 harddrives.
    set to boot in order of

    1: raptor
    2: 500gb
    3: 500gb

    win xp is installed on the raptor.
    i shut down and set my boot priority back to normal so dvd wasnt first to boot.

    when i restarted after saving bios it keeps coming up with

    non system disk. please insert system disk and press enter.

    back to bios, changed dvd back to boot first.
    restarted and it comes up with

    press any key to boot from cd......
    then it loads windows fine....!!

    turned it back off again and changed raptor to boot first.
    no joy.

    same thing again?

    any ideas? thanks


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  • #2
    zilog_jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,638 ✭✭✭zilog_jones


    Run the recovery console yoke from the Windows CD and run FIXMBR (look at the parameters with /? - I forget exactly what to use).


  • #3
    RoyalMarine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,824 ✭✭✭RoyalMarine


    played around with it for a while and it seems that it only boots when the windows xp cd is in the drive.....


  • #4
    RoyalMarine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,824 ✭✭✭RoyalMarine


    well it turns out i fixed it.

    wiped windows off.

    unplugged the 2 500gb drives.

    what i noticed was windows was assigning the raptor ( main drive with windows on it ) as f drive instead of c drive.

    so i re-formatted, unplugged both 500gb drives, installed windows, it assigned the raptor to c drive and now all is fine.


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