C - Windows, D - System

[RICOUK]

I have just reinstalled Vista Ultimate64 and for some very strange reason the D drive is listed as the system drive and the C drive is where Windows is isntalled (obviously). If I unplug the D drive while Windows is running it has no problems but if I restart it gives the boot error, please insert system disc. Plug D back in and it boots fine.

My question is, is there anyway to fix this without having to reinstall Windows again?

Thank you in advance.

 

[damocles]

I had this a while back on my vista32 bit system... I had to re-install vista with the d drive disconnected and it fixed the problem....not sure why it happened.

 

[RICOUK]

That's what I thought, I will re-install tomorrow with only the C drive connected, it's just annoying to have to do that when you have 5 other hard drives!!

Thanks anyway, shame I didn't check the drives before installing all the updates. I will next time!

 

[RICOUK]

Reinstalled Windows with all but the C drive attached and all is fine (touch wood!)

 

[damocles]

Cool!.......Should be OK now......You may still have the old boot info on the other drive when you reconnect it - I deleted mine without any problems. Although I remember having to delete it in safe mode. Might be simpler to leave it as it's quite small in size and it wont interfere with your current setup.