Hallo NG,

I have a big problem with my Windows Vista Ultimate installation:
In my PC I have 2 Sata HD units in the first one (at the time I installed
Vista) there was a
Windows Xp working installation. Vista have been installed on the second
unit but after
several time I discovered that the actual boot have been installed on the
first disk MBR
(that with Windows Xp).
Now I had to remove the first disk unit and obviously this will prevent
Vista to start.
How can I handle that? There's a way to 'rebuild' the Vista boot?

Thanks to everyone!

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Michele Santucci wrote:[color=blue]
> Hallo NG,
>
> I have a big problem with my Windows Vista Ultimate installation:
> In my PC I have 2 Sata HD units in the first one (at the time I
> installed Vista) there was a
> Windows Xp working installation. Vista have been installed on the second
> unit but after
> several time I discovered that the actual boot have been installed on
> the first disk MBR
> (that with Windows Xp).
> Now I had to remove the first disk unit and obviously this will prevent
> Vista to start.
> How can I handle that? There's a way to 'rebuild' the Vista boot?
>
> Thanks to everyone![/color]

Hi,

Indeed yes, the boot files would still be installed to the [system] drive or
active partition, regardless of where the actual operating system files are
installed (oddly enough termed to be the [boot] volume).

What you would need to do after removing the primary drive is boot with the
Vista disk and run a startup repair.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
[url]http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/[/url]
Windows help - [url]www.rickrogers.org[/url]

"Michele Santucci" <michele.santucci@cdh.it> wrote in message
news:DC683DAE-3297-41B3-881D-6BE8B7EDFC0B@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Hallo NG,
>
> I have a big problem with my Windows Vista Ultimate installation:
> In my PC I have 2 Sata HD units in the first one (at the time I installed
> Vista) there was a
> Windows Xp working installation. Vista have been installed on the second
> unit but after
> several time I discovered that the actual boot have been installed on the
> first disk MBR
> (that with Windows Xp).
> Now I had to remove the first disk unit and obviously this will prevent
> Vista to start.
> How can I handle that? There's a way to 'rebuild' the Vista boot?
>
> Thanks to everyone![/color]

The same solution should apply also to Windows 7 installation?

"Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:Oaz4AuSTKHA.3404@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> Indeed yes, the boot files would still be installed to the [system] drive
> or active partition, regardless of where the actual operating system files
> are installed (oddly enough termed to be the [boot] volume).
>
> What you would need to do after removing the primary drive is boot with
> the Vista disk and run a startup repair.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> [url]http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/[/url]
> Windows help - [url]www.rickrogers.org[/url]
>
> "Michele Santucci" <michele.santucci@cdh.it> wrote in message
> news:DC683DAE-3297-41B3-881D-6BE8B7EDFC0B@microsoft.com...[color=green]
>> Hallo NG,
>>
>> I have a big problem with my Windows Vista Ultimate installation:
>> In my PC I have 2 Sata HD units in the first one (at the time I installed
>> Vista) there was a
>> Windows Xp working installation. Vista have been installed on the second
>> unit but after
>> several time I discovered that the actual boot have been installed on the
>> first disk MBR
>> (that with Windows Xp).
>> Now I had to remove the first disk unit and obviously this will prevent
>> Vista to start.
>> How can I handle that? There's a way to 'rebuild' the Vista boot?
>>
>> Thanks to everyone![/color]
>[/color]

Essentially yes, though the way Win7 sets up the boot is different.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
[url]http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/[/url]
Windows help - [url]www.rickrogers.org[/url]

"Michele Santucci" <michele.santucci@cdh.it> wrote in message
news:eTDl%23hdTKHA.5164@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> The same solution should apply also to Windows 7 installation?
>
> "Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> ha scritto nel messaggio
> news:Oaz4AuSTKHA.3404@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> Hi,
>>
>> Indeed yes, the boot files would still be installed to the [system] drive
>> or active partition, regardless of where the actual operating system
>> files are installed (oddly enough termed to be the [boot] volume).
>>
>> What you would need to do after removing the primary drive is boot with
>> the Vista disk and run a startup repair.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> [url]http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/[/url]
>> Windows help - [url]www.rickrogers.org[/url]
>>
>> "Michele Santucci" <michele.santucci@cdh.it> wrote in message
>> news:DC683DAE-3297-41B3-881D-6BE8B7EDFC0B@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>>> Hallo NG,
>>>
>>> I have a big problem with my Windows Vista Ultimate installation:
>>> In my PC I have 2 Sata HD units in the first one (at the time I
>>> installed Vista) there was a
>>> Windows Xp working installation. Vista have been installed on the second
>>> unit but after
>>> several time I discovered that the actual boot have been installed on
>>> the first disk MBR
>>> (that with Windows Xp).
>>> Now I had to remove the first disk unit and obviously this will prevent
>>> Vista to start.
>>> How can I handle that? There's a way to 'rebuild' the Vista boot?
>>>
>>> Thanks to everyone![/color]
>>[/color][/color]