Boot / system partitions

[Guest]

I have a couple of odd problems:

I took an existing XP computer and Installed Vista Home Premium. The C:
drive for the XP install was on a small disk so I added a new disk to install
Vista on. I made sure the BIOS was set to boot from the larger disk when I
performed the install. After the install and I moved everything off of the
smaller disk I wanted to keep and removed the disk. The systme would not
boot because the "boot partition" was not available. I replaced to hard
drive and everything booted fine. The Windows folder is on the C: drive
(Larger drive).

Problem #1....Can I combine the Boot and System without a re-install?

Next. I cannot boot the computer without the install (Vista) CD in the CD
ROM drive. When I remove it, I get the Boot loader not found error.

Problem #2....How do I get the PC to boot without the CD?


Thanks

LMiller

 

[peter]

When you boot with the Vista CD there should be a Repair...........System
Recovery option.......startup repair
peter

 

[andy]

I have a couple of odd problems:

I took an existing XP computer and Installed Vista Home Premium. The C:
drive for the XP install was on a small disk so I added a new disk to install
Vista on. I made sure the BIOS was set to boot from the larger disk when I
performed the install. After the install and I moved everything off of the
smaller disk I wanted to keep and removed the disk. The systme would not
boot because the "boot partition" was not available. I replaced to hard
drive and everything booted fine. The Windows folder is on the C: drive
(Larger drive).

Problem #1....Can I combine the Boot and System without a re-install?

Next. I cannot boot the computer without the install (Vista) CD in the CD
ROM drive. When I remove it, I get the Boot loader not found error.

Problem #2....How do I get the PC to boot without the CD?

Set the BIOS to boot from the small disk.

 

[John Barnes]

Make sure that your new drive (partition) is set 'active'. With the new
drive set first in HD priority, you can boot from the DVD and do a start-up
repair if necessary.