-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Velly Intwesting
- From: <recklessmaverick@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 23:03:29 -0400
IIRC Vista controls the boot. That is why it must be installed after XP.
Correct?
If the files are moved from the Data drive root to the XP root without Vista
being involved somehow, how will that impact the boot after the move?
What if:
1. Make images
2. Boot to Vista
3. Move the files using Windows Explorer or by COPY in a command window.
Does it matter which?
4. Use ezBCD to reinstall the Vista Bootloader
Or will the Vista bootloader look for and find the missing files on its own?
Don
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gman
Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 10:21 PM
To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Velly Intwesting
Make your images first. Then, Copy them over to the other drive and put the
originals inside a new folder just to hold them temporarily. I suspect the
boot info is now in the external's MBR, so it might now work as you're
expecting. It'll be good to be able to return the files to where they
belong in a command prompt window if necessary.
Peace,
Gman
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----- Original Message -----
From: <recklessmaverick@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 6:04 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Velly Intwesting
> We interrupt this program for a Special Bulletin!
>
> My data drive has several files in the root that I would have expected to
> see in the XP drive root but didn't. These are: autoexec.bat, boot.ini,
> config.sys, io.sys, msdos.sys, ntbootdd.sys, ntdetect.com. The only thing
> "system" in the XP root is hiberfil.sys and pagefile.sys.
>
> I bet that is why the system thinks it is drive C:. What if I copy all
> that
> over to the XP root, change data drive to logical and proceed as
> previously
> planned?
>
> Don
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