System disk 1 (with XP) will only startup with Slave disk 2 presen

[Guest]

Hi there,

I have, I thought, a pretty standard two disk configuration. Disk 1 (master,
of course) has MBR, 2 partitions with partition 1 = system and "active" and
has Windows XP installed + NTDLR. Disk 2 (slave) has MBR (was main disk long
ago, but slow, so now used for backup) with 2 partitions, partition 1 =
"active", Windows not installed, no NTDLR present.

I would expect Disk 1 to be able to boot without Disk 2, but it does not:
"BOOT FAILURE, NTDLR missing" occured when I removed Disk 2 in preparation
of later replacement with crashed/ infected (?) disk from friend for test and
repair purposes.

What is going on here ? Does the startup somehow still depend on the MBR of
Disk 2 and startup continues with Disk 1 NTDLR and Disk 1 installed WIndows ?

How do I reconfigure Disk 1/2 as to enable my computer to startup and
function only with Disk 1 present ?

Erik

 

[Thomas Wendell]

Hi there,

I have, I thought, a pretty standard two disk configuration. Disk 1
(master, of course) has MBR, 2 partitions with partition 1 = system
and "active" and has Windows XP installed + NTDLR. Disk 2 (slave)
has MBR (was main disk long ago, but slow, so now used for backup)
with 2 partitions, partition 1 = "active", Windows not installed, no
NTDLR present.

I would expect Disk 1 to be able to boot without Disk 2, but it does
not: "BOOT FAILURE, NTDLR missing" occured when I removed Disk 2 in
preparation of later replacement with crashed/ infected (?) disk from
friend for test and repair purposes.

What is going on here ? Does the startup somehow still depend on the
MBR of Disk 2 and startup continues with Disk 1 NTDLR and Disk 1
installed WIndows ?

How do I reconfigure Disk 1/2 as to enable my computer to startup and
function only with Disk 1 present ?

Erik

Disconnect disk 2, reboot from XP CD, choose repair, at c:\ -prompt
fixboot (and/or fixmbr)........

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[Jonny]

Hi there,

I have, I thought, a pretty standard two disk configuration. Disk 1
(master,
of course) has MBR, 2 partitions with partition 1 = system and "active"
and
has Windows XP installed + NTDLR. Disk 2 (slave) has MBR (was main disk
long
ago, but slow, so now used for backup) with 2 partitions, partition 1 =
"active", Windows not installed, no NTDLR present.

I would expect Disk 1 to be able to boot without Disk 2, but it does not:
"BOOT FAILURE, NTDLR missing" occured when I removed Disk 2 in preparation
of later replacement with crashed/ infected (?) disk from friend for test
and
repair purposes.

What is going on here ? Does the startup somehow still depend on the MBR
of
Disk 2 and startup continues with Disk 1 NTDLR and Disk 1 installed
WIndows ?

How do I reconfigure Disk 1/2 as to enable my computer to startup and
function only with Disk 1 present ?

Erik

Jumper settings on both hard drives are?