Can this installation be saved?

[jm]

I had w2k on drive C (IDE drive). I added a SATA drive to the system as
drive D for data and back up.

I reformatted Drive D and used the bios to change the drive order reversing
drives C and D.

I then used a vista home premium upgrade disk to do a clean install on the
SATA drive (now drive C) by installing vista twice. I left the IDE drive
connected.

Every thing seemed fine except I wound up with a duel boot system. I would
now like to remove w2k. I disconnected the IDE drive (Drive D) and tried to
reboot. I get "Error Loading OS" message. When the IDE drive is reconnected
the system boots without a problem.

I would like to boot vista from Drive C (SATA) and reformat drive D (IDE) to
use it for data and backup. Can this be done and save my installation? How?

 

[PhilT]

Every thing seemed fine except I wound up with a duel boot system. I
would now like to remove w2k. I disconnected the IDE drive (Drive D) and
tried to reboot. I get "Error Loading OS" message. When the IDE drive is
reconnected the system boots without a problem.

I would like to boot vista from Drive C (SATA) and reformat drive D (IDE)
to use it for data and backup. Can this be done and save my installation?
How?

this is a case of adding the necessary boot files to C: as they were
presumably installed to D:

"Boot from the Vista DVD and on the screen where you're prompted to "Install
now", select "Repair your computer". " is the usual advice.
http://apcmag.com/5485/dualbooting_vista_and_xp

Phil

 

[AJR]

You may have to run "Repair" several times.

 

[jm]

thank you for your suggestion. I tried that but no operating systems are
listed to repair even when using the driver disk with drive D disconnected.
is
there any other way to get the necessary boot files on drive C?

 

[Guest]

thank you for your suggestion. I tried that but no operating systems are
listed to repair even when using the driver disk with drive D disconnected.
is
there any other way to get the necessary boot files on drive C?

If presume the "bootmanager" file is in the root of the XP system.

Copy it to the Vista root directory.

You may have to copy the " boot" folder as well from XP to vista.

I am confident that Vista repair will work after that.

 

[jm]

that worked. thank you very much for your help

If presume the "bootmanager" file is in the root of the XP system.

Copy it to the Vista root directory.

You may have to copy the " boot" folder as well from XP to vista.

I am confident that Vista repair will work after that.