How do you make a drive bootable?

E

etoel

I have a dual boot setup where I boot from the first HD and start XP/Vista.
Vista is installed on a separate disk.
I don't use XP at all and want to remove that disk, but then I need to make
the Vista disk bootable.
The Vista install is on a raid volume.

I googled a little bit and found some information about bootrec and tried to
boot from the DVD and tried /fixboot, but nothing happens.

When I load the recovery console it doesn't display any Vista installations,
so I wasn't very surprised that bootrec failed. I then proceeded to load the
driver for the raid controller, but still no installations are displayed...

Is there a simple way to make a disk bootable for Vista - on a raid
volume...?


Thanks

/Erik
 
J

John Barnes

Make your RAID drive first in boot priority. Then run the Start-up repair
from the Vista DVD (sometimes takes more than 1 time).
 
D

Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

Hello,
I think you have to set the partition active first.
The partition that you boot from has to be a primary partition and it has
to be active
Disk Management shows you which partition is active and identifies the
Primary partitions.
Right-click My computer, Mange, choose Disk Management
I am not sure that Startup-Repair sets a volume as Active you may have to
do that first.
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

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|> Make your RAID drive first in boot priority. Then run the Start-up
repair
|> from the Vista DVD (sometimes takes more than 1 time).
|>
|> |> >I have a dual boot setup where I boot from the first HD and start
XP/Vista.
|> >Vista is installed on a separate disk.
|> > I don't use XP at all and want to remove that disk, but then I need to
|> > make the Vista disk bootable.
|> > The Vista install is on a raid volume.
|> >
|> > I googled a little bit and found some information about bootrec and
tried
|> > to boot from the DVD and tried /fixboot, but nothing happens.
|> >
|> > When I load the recovery console it doesn't display any Vista
|> > installations, so I wasn't very surprised that bootrec failed. I then
|> > proceeded to load the driver for the raid controller, but still no
|> > installations are displayed...
|> >
|> > Is there a simple way to make a disk bootable for Vista - on a raid
|> > volume...?
|> >
|> >
|> > Thanks
|> >
|> > /Erik
|>
|>
 
E

etoel

Yes, yes and double yes!
Thank you so much.
I never tried without setting the partition to active and I had to run the
Startup-repair twice, the first time I got the "NRLDR missing" message.

One happy clam :)

"Darrell Gorter[MSFT]" said:
Hello,
I think you have to set the partition active first.
The partition that you boot from has to be a primary partition and it has
to be active
Disk Management shows you which partition is active and identifies the
Primary partitions.
Right-click My computer, Mange, choose Disk Management
I am not sure that Startup-Repair sets a volume as Active you may have to
do that first.
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

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|> References: <[email protected]>
|> In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
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microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup:35457
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|>
|> Make your RAID drive first in boot priority. Then run the Start-up
repair
|> from the Vista DVD (sometimes takes more than 1 time).
|>
|> |> >I have a dual boot setup where I boot from the first HD and start
XP/Vista.
|> >Vista is installed on a separate disk.
|> > I don't use XP at all and want to remove that disk, but then I need
to
|> > make the Vista disk bootable.
|> > The Vista install is on a raid volume.
|> >
|> > I googled a little bit and found some information about bootrec and
tried
|> > to boot from the DVD and tried /fixboot, but nothing happens.
|> >
|> > When I load the recovery console it doesn't display any Vista
|> > installations, so I wasn't very surprised that bootrec failed. I then
|> > proceeded to load the driver for the raid controller, but still no
|> > installations are displayed...
|> >
|> > Is there a simple way to make a disk bootable for Vista - on a raid
|> > volume...?
|> >
|> >
|> > Thanks
|> >
|> > /Erik
|>
|>
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J

John Barnes

Thanks Darrell. I had assumed that it would have been active already.

"Darrell Gorter[MSFT]" said:
Hello,
I think you have to set the partition active first.
The partition that you boot from has to be a primary partition and it has
to be active
Disk Management shows you which partition is active and identifies the
Primary partitions.
Right-click My computer, Mange, choose Disk Management
I am not sure that Startup-Repair sets a volume as Active you may have to
do that first.
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights
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|> References: <[email protected]>
|> In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
|> Subject: Re: How do you make a drive bootable?
|> Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:10:52 -0800
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microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup:35457
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|>
|> Make your RAID drive first in boot priority. Then run the Start-up
repair
|> from the Vista DVD (sometimes takes more than 1 time).
|>
|> |> >I have a dual boot setup where I boot from the first HD and start
XP/Vista.
|> >Vista is installed on a separate disk.
|> > I don't use XP at all and want to remove that disk, but then I need
to
|> > make the Vista disk bootable.
|> > The Vista install is on a raid volume.
|> >
|> > I googled a little bit and found some information about bootrec and
tried
|> > to boot from the DVD and tried /fixboot, but nothing happens.
|> >
|> > When I load the recovery console it doesn't display any Vista
|> > installations, so I wasn't very surprised that bootrec failed. I then
|> > proceeded to load the driver for the raid controller, but still no
|> > installations are displayed...
|> >
|> > Is there a simple way to make a disk bootable for Vista - on a raid
|> > volume...?
|> >
|> >
|> > Thanks
|> >
|> > /Erik
|>
|>
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J

John Barnes

Also, is SFC still not able to fix problems it finds? Another author has
written that it does, but I remember you correcting that notion too many
months ago for my search, and you also included the process that is now
necessary to fix any problems that SFC finds. Thanks

"Darrell Gorter[MSFT]" said:
Hello,
I think you have to set the partition active first.
The partition that you boot from has to be a primary partition and it has
to be active
Disk Management shows you which partition is active and identifies the
Primary partitions.
Right-click My computer, Mange, choose Disk Management
I am not sure that Startup-Repair sets a volume as Active you may have to
do that first.
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights
--------------------
|> From: "John Barnes" <[email protected]>
|> References: <[email protected]>
|> In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
|> Subject: Re: How do you make a drive bootable?
|> Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:10:52 -0800
|> Lines: 27
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microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup:35457
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|>
|> Make your RAID drive first in boot priority. Then run the Start-up
repair
|> from the Vista DVD (sometimes takes more than 1 time).
|>
|> |> >I have a dual boot setup where I boot from the first HD and start
XP/Vista.
|> >Vista is installed on a separate disk.
|> > I don't use XP at all and want to remove that disk, but then I need
to
|> > make the Vista disk bootable.
|> > The Vista install is on a raid volume.
|> >
|> > I googled a little bit and found some information about bootrec and
tried
|> > to boot from the DVD and tried /fixboot, but nothing happens.
|> >
|> > When I load the recovery console it doesn't display any Vista
|> > installations, so I wasn't very surprised that bootrec failed. I then
|> > proceeded to load the driver for the raid controller, but still no
|> > installations are displayed...
|> >
|> > Is there a simple way to make a disk bootable for Vista - on a raid
|> > volume...?
|> >
|> >
|> > Thanks
|> >
|> > /Erik
|>
|>
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