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Old 08-29-2008, 10:42 PM   #1 (permalink)
settie
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looking for your opinions regarding an OS boot-up problem

Hello everyone.
I did a search on these topics, with no luck.

Recently, a PC I built (running on Win XP Pro) lost a significant amount of drivers. I tried fixing that with Windows repair, which failed miserably, so I just moved the important files to the IDE H.D.D. in the computer, and reformatted the SATA H.D.D.

Problem is, the IDE is now C:, and SATA is D: *bangs head on desk* When reformatting, it did this automatically, as the IDE was plugged into the mobo still.

As most of you know, Windows looks to the C drive first. It can't find OS to boot, so it asks for the OS CD too boot from. The PC refuses to read the D: and boot from it!

I've looked online to figure out how to solve this problem so far, nothing I've tried within BIOS has worked...I need a solution, and fast. This is getting to be very troublesome.

Any advice is much appreciated.
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