Boot files from D: to C:

[VulturEMaN]

Not sure if this is the best place to post this, but I recently had a
nasty virus encounter on my XP install when some idiot brother of mine
disabled the firewall and I didn't notice...Anyways, I killed the
virus, but I really didn't trust the install anymore, so I decided to
just install XP onto my 2nd hard drive which had been doing nothing
for a while...

So I get XP installed and configured on the D: drive just fine...and I
was going to wipe the C: drive after I copied over the bare essentials
that I need, but then I noticed....

The C drive still has all of the autoexec.bat, boot.ini, config.sys,
io.sys, msdos.sys, ntdetect.com, and ntldr files, and the D: drive has
none of that in the main drive directory...

What are some options that I have to move them over? I'm stumped

 

[Rock]

Not sure if this is the best place to post this, but I recently had a
nasty virus encounter on my XP install when some idiot brother of mine
disabled the firewall and I didn't notice...Anyways, I killed the
virus, but I really didn't trust the install anymore, so I decided to
just install XP onto my 2nd hard drive which had been doing nothing
for a while...

So I get XP installed and configured on the D: drive just fine...and I
was going to wipe the C: drive after I copied over the bare essentials
that I need, but then I noticed....

The C drive still has all of the autoexec.bat, boot.ini, config.sys,
io.sys, msdos.sys, ntdetect.com, and ntldr files, and the D: drive has
none of that in the main drive directory...

What are some options that I have to move them over? I'm stumped

Remove the C: Drive so the only drive installed is what you call the D
drive. You could set that as the primary Master. Then install XP to it so
the boot files will be there. After the first reboot with it, then install
the other drive as a slave drive and copy what data you need.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Not sure if this is the best place to post this, but I recently had a
nasty virus encounter on my XP install when some idiot brother of mine
disabled the firewall and I didn't notice...Anyways, I killed the
virus, but I really didn't trust the install anymore, so I decided to
just install XP onto my 2nd hard drive which had been doing nothing
for a while...

So I get XP installed and configured on the D: drive just fine...and I
was going to wipe the C: drive after I copied over the bare essentials
that I need, but then I noticed....

The C drive still has all of the autoexec.bat, boot.ini, config.sys,
io.sys, msdos.sys, ntdetect.com, and ntldr files, and the D: drive has
none of that in the main drive directory...

What are some options that I have to move them over? I'm stumped

Here is what you can do safely:
1. Boot into your new WinXP installation.
2. Click Start / Run / cmd {OK}
3. Type set {Enter}
Are there any references to drive C:? If so, what are they?

Your next steps will depend on your response. It may be safe to
delete most files & folders on drive C: (except for the boot files),
or you may have to keep some of them.

 

[mikeyhsd]

you can boot from the XP cd and use the recover console to format the "C" drive.
while in he recover console you can repair the boot information so "D" will boot.
fixboot and fixmbr are the two commands need.
you can get help with the by adding
/?
to the end of the commands.

but you will still end up with "C" containing the boot info but no OS. and the "D" with the OS and no boot info.

you might just switch the cables on the 2 hard drives and then repair the boot info as outlined above. this would return the "C" as OS and boot.




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Not sure if this is the best place to post this, but I recently had a
nasty virus encounter on my XP install when some idiot brother of mine
disabled the firewall and I didn't notice...Anyways, I killed the
virus, but I really didn't trust the install anymore, so I decided to
just install XP onto my 2nd hard drive which had been doing nothing
for a while...

So I get XP installed and configured on the D: drive just fine...and I
was going to wipe the C: drive after I copied over the bare essentials
that I need, but then I noticed....

The C drive still has all of the autoexec.bat, boot.ini, config.sys,
io.sys, msdos.sys, ntdetect.com, and ntldr files, and the D: drive has
none of that in the main drive directory...

What are some options that I have to move them over? I'm stumped

 

[VulturEMaN]

Here is what you can do safely:
1. Boot into your new WinXP installation.
2. Click Start / Run / cmd {OK}
3. Type set {Enter}
Are there any references to drive C:? If so, what are they?

Your next steps will depend on your response. It may be safe to
delete most files & folders on drive C: (except for the boot files),
or you may have to keep some of them.

There are no references to drive C.

hmm...i forgot about fixboot, but what is fixmbr gonna do?

I think I'll try:
Unplug C drive
use fixboot and fixmbr
plug 2nd drive into first sata port (i doubt it'll make a difference,
but w/e)
plug first hdd into the 2nd port
restart and boot into windows from the D drive
wipe and format the other drive

unless you guys have a better idea...
wish there was a tool to autoconvert every reference to the D drive
into a C drive :/
format