Windows XP requiring two disks to boot

> Hi,
>
> Do a repair installation with only the new drive in place. Follow these
> steps to do a repair install which should preserve your data, settings,

> programs:
>
> 1. Insert the Windows XP CD into your computer's CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM
> drive.
> 2. Restart your computer. If you have to, change the BIOS settings to

> from
> the CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive, and then restart your computer again.
> 3. At the "Welcome to Setup" page, press ENTER.
> 4. Press F8 to accept the Licensing Agreement.
> 5. Use the arrow keys to select the installation of Windows XP that you

> to
> repair, and then press R to start the automatic repair process.
> 6. When Setup is completed, activate Windows XP.
>
> Note that you will need your Product Key for this procedure, so have it
> handy before you begin.
>
> Your boot files are on the old drive, and the drive lettering within the
> system pointers is probably hopelessly messed up. A repair install should
> straighten both problems out, although the drive will retain the "F"
> designation. To change that would require a format/clean installation.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
> Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "ERC" <ecooke1234@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:383ccf2d.0312311303.41b29cc2@posting.google.c om...

> > I've got XP Pro installed on my Duron 2400XP system w ECS motherboard.
> > About a month ago, my disk got full so I used Ghost to clone the image
> > over to
> > a new larger disk. This worked fine, but I made the mistake of not
> > disconnecting the old disk. XP mapped the new boot disk to drive
> > "f:", left the old one at "c:", and wouldn't let me change drive
> > letters of a drive I was booted from.
> >
> > This was OK (I thought), the system was working, and eventually I
> > would
> > open the case and disconnect the old drive and XP would automatically
> > remap the drive letter.
> >
> > Well, I finally opened the case and disconnected the old full drive -
> > and the system won't boot completely. It hangs just prior to
> > displaying the login accounts.
> >
> > Since I started using the new larger cloned drive, I have installed a
> > few apps and hotfixes (or winxp updates). To try to resolve this
> > problem I have used "msconfig" to do a "clean boot" turning off all
> > unnecessary drivers and services - same thing, won't boot.
> > I have booted in safe mode - same thing. I have uninstalled a few
> > apps and a few SP2 hotfixes (one at a time, and most require reboots),
> > still, same thing.
> >
> > Anyone have any ideas how to track down what's requiring the second
> > drive? Or how to check where a hotfix in installed? Maybe one of
> > the hotfixes installed itself on drive "c:", instead of the "startup
> > disk"(f, and is now requiring that path be resolvable in order to
> > boot.??
> >
> > I can still boot from the original disk without the new second disk,
> > but can't boot from the new disk without the old one. At one point,
> > about a month ago, they were clones of one another.
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Earl

>
>

> Rick,
>
> Question? That will not fix any installed program that put entries in
> C:\Program Files, will it? The original location is gone with the removal

> the old hard drive.
>
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:%239D22v%23zDHA.1740@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

> > Hi,
> >
> > Do a repair installation with only the new drive in place. Follow these
> > steps to do a repair install which should preserve your data, settings,

> and

> > programs:
> >
> > 1. Insert the Windows XP CD into your computer's CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM
> > drive.
> > 2. Restart your computer. If you have to, change the BIOS settings to

> start

> > from
> > the CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive, and then restart your computer again.
> > 3. At the "Welcome to Setup" page, press ENTER.
> > 4. Press F8 to accept the Licensing Agreement.
> > 5. Use the arrow keys to select the installation of Windows XP that you

> want

> > to
> > repair, and then press R to start the automatic repair process.
> > 6. When Setup is completed, activate Windows XP.
> >
> > Note that you will need your Product Key for this procedure, so have it
> > handy before you begin.
> >
> > Your boot files are on the old drive, and the drive lettering within the
> > system pointers is probably hopelessly messed up. A repair install

> > straighten both problems out, although the drive will retain the "F"
> > designation. To change that would require a format/clean installation.
> >
> > --
> > Best of Luck,
> >
> > Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
> > Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
> > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> > Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
> > www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> > Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
> >
> > "ERC" <ecooke1234@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:383ccf2d.0312311303.41b29cc2@posting.google.c om...

> > > I've got XP Pro installed on my Duron 2400XP system w ECS motherboard.
> > > About a month ago, my disk got full so I used Ghost to clone the image
> > > over to
> > > a new larger disk. This worked fine, but I made the mistake of not
> > > disconnecting the old disk. XP mapped the new boot disk to drive
> > > "f:", left the old one at "c:", and wouldn't let me change drive
> > > letters of a drive I was booted from.
> > >
> > > This was OK (I thought), the system was working, and eventually I
> > > would
> > > open the case and disconnect the old drive and XP would automatically
> > > remap the drive letter.
> > >
> > > Well, I finally opened the case and disconnected the old full drive -
> > > and the system won't boot completely. It hangs just prior to
> > > displaying the login accounts.
> > >
> > > Since I started using the new larger cloned drive, I have installed a
> > > few apps and hotfixes (or winxp updates). To try to resolve this
> > > problem I have used "msconfig" to do a "clean boot" turning off all
> > > unnecessary drivers and services - same thing, won't boot.
> > > I have booted in safe mode - same thing. I have uninstalled a few
> > > apps and a few SP2 hotfixes (one at a time, and most require reboots),
> > > still, same thing.
> > >
> > > Anyone have any ideas how to track down what's requiring the second
> > > drive? Or how to check where a hotfix in installed? Maybe one of
> > > the hotfixes installed itself on drive "c:", instead of the "startup
> > > disk"(f, and is now requiring that path be resolvable in order to
> > > boot.??
> > >
> > > I can still boot from the original disk without the new second disk,
> > > but can't boot from the new disk without the old one. At one point,
> > > about a month ago, they were clones of one another.
> > >
> > > TIA
> > >
> > > Earl

> >
> >

>
>

> I've got XP Pro installed on my Duron 2400XP system w ECS motherboard.
> About a month ago, my disk got full so I used Ghost to clone the image
> over to
> a new larger disk. This worked fine, but I made the mistake of not
> disconnecting the old disk. XP mapped the new boot disk to drive
> "f:", left the old one at "c:", and wouldn't let me change drive
> letters of a drive I was booted from.
>
> This was OK (I thought), the system was working, and eventually I
> would
> open the case and disconnect the old drive and XP would automatically
> remap the drive letter.
>
> Well, I finally opened the case and disconnected the old full drive -
> and the system won't boot completely. It hangs just prior to
> displaying the login accounts.
>
> Since I started using the new larger cloned drive, I have installed a
> few apps and hotfixes (or winxp updates). To try to resolve this
> problem I have used "msconfig" to do a "clean boot" turning off all
> unnecessary drivers and services - same thing, won't boot.
> I have booted in safe mode - same thing. I have uninstalled a few
> apps and a few SP2 hotfixes (one at a time, and most require reboots),
> still, same thing.
>
> Anyone have any ideas how to track down what's requiring the second
> drive? Or how to check where a hotfix in installed? Maybe one of
> the hotfixes installed itself on drive "c:", instead of the "startup
> disk"(f, and is now requiring that path be resolvable in order to
> boot.??
>
> I can still boot from the original disk without the new second disk,
> but can't boot from the new disk without the old one. At one point,
> about a month ago, they were clones of one another.
>
> TIA
>
> Earl