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  1. xbilll

    bios woun.t keep cd rom as frist boot option

    I would like to thank every one for all your help, it sure was appreciated big time .going in to the bios so many times, i think i disabled one of the hard drives , any way i clicked on set default so both hds were enabled and rebooted , and now can select disk 1,or, 2 . THANKS to all of you . A...
  2. xbilll

    bios woun.t keep cd rom as frist boot option

    wolluf :i need your help again ,as above i got the cump, to boot the xp cd and i reinstalled xp ,i had a sp2 update cd and installed it .went in to boot in - from system set up and edit put this in [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating...
  3. xbilll

    bios woun.t keep cd rom as frist boot option

    I got it to work it booted up on 2ed hd and did a install, but some thing went wrong. when i rebooted it said no boot and it was halting start up.Unplugged that hd and got it to boot on 1st hd. I whant to re format that dr. Is it possible to open it up and plug it in with comp. still on, or is...
  4. xbilll

    bios woun.t keep cd rom as frist boot option

    far as i can tell it doesn't stick at all.I leave the cd in so when it starts maybe it would work , but no go.When i was looking on the net for info 1 guy said i could start the cd with the command prompt, i can open it but don't now how to use it. maybe it is the battery. IS there much to...
  5. xbilll

    bios woun.t keep cd rom as frist boot option

    i did the above ,no luck, i did it over 3 times. I meant to tell you i am running a duel boot, that WOLLUF 1, of your tek guys help me with. heirs the link to it. http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1241284 maybe this will help. THANKS xbill
  6. xbilll

    bios woun.t keep cd rom as frist boot option

    I am trying to set the bios so the cd rome is frist boot option.I hit f2 the bios comes up i move arrow to boot dev. hit enter. says to select boot dev.with arrow up or down key,i have 3options,1st ,removable dev . 2hard drive dev.3atapi cdrom dev. says to press enter ,use arrow to select cd...
  7. xbilll

    need to clone 2ed hard drive over

    I AM going to clone from the current 1st drive, the boot ini is still there, so i will do it the same as above. Thanks for the reply.
  8. xbilll

    need to clone 2ed hard drive over

    thread751-1241284 wolluf I whant to re clone 2ed hard drive as it is acting up and running slow,.Will i have to go though the same thing as i did in the thread above.will i have to edit the boot.ini I will be using Norton ghost. Thanks for your help...
  9. xbilll

    cloned xp to 2nd harddrivewould like to keep oneclean?

    Iwould like to get disk 2 to start frist&disk 2 next,also reduce to 10 sec. before start up.Iuse disk2 be cuse it the larger drive.Thanks for any help you cangive me on this XBILL
  10. xbilll

    cloned xp to 2nd harddrivewould like to keep oneclean?

    I don't know way this happend but i disconected C: conected D; was going to try win,xp cd as you said above,but when i rebooted it started up,i then conected C: rebooted it started up ok.the one thing i did was to re edit the boot.ini back to origanl,after i tryed last time and got the NO BOOT...
  11. xbilll

    cloned xp to 2nd harddrivewould like to keep oneclean?

    Irecloned C; TO D: turned it off be for it re booted ,disconected C;rebooted with D:I GOT black screen : NO BOOT DIVICE SYSTEM HALTED: unpluged D:booted with C: imade a boot floppy with files ntldr, ntdetect.com and boot.ini to a newly formatted floppy disk. Not sure how it...
  12. xbilll

    cloned xp to 2nd harddrivewould like to keep oneclean?

    useing N.G. 2003 IT IS ON MY HARD DRIVE , NO CD.Ijust start itup click advance /clone click C:SCORCE/ D; DESTANATION cleck next then it will shut down& restart.then it starts to clone takes about10 min. then re boots.i was afaid of turning it off to soon,didn't know what would happen.Iknow...
  13. xbilll

    cloned xp to 2nd harddrivewould like to keep oneclean?

    I did a clean install of win.xp home,after up dating &getting it back to what i whanted on it,i then cloned it to my D: Not sure what you mean by removed the boot manager?when i use N.G. TO CLONE,it shuts down the comp. does the clone then reboots it.i tred to shut it down when it had...
  14. xbilll

    cloned xp to 2nd harddrivewould like to keep oneclean?

    Iright clicked my computer, cik,properties,cik,advanced,clk,settings in start up&recover,clk, edit,it opened in note pad this is what i put in. [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating...
  15. xbilll

    cloned xp to 2nd harddrivewould like to keep oneclean?

    I removed par,com.cloned drive with N.G.un pluged c:rebooted got erroe mesg.NO BOOT DIVICE SYSTEM HALTED.RE CONNECETED C; rebooted ok.typed BOOT.ini in run.it opened in note padthis is what mine reads [boot loader] timeout=30...
  16. xbilll

    cloned xp to 2nd harddrivewould like to keep oneclean?

    Thanks a lot for all your help, i will be doing this over the wk, end. will let you know how it turned out.XBILL
  17. xbilll

    cloned xp to 2nd harddrivewould like to keep oneclean?

    Iwould like to try this one more time.Igot to the boot.ini iT opened in note pad, this is the tex. what do i need to add to this,and do i do it after i remove Pc.Com. and reclone the drive with N.G. Thanks i was out of town for awhile. [boot...
  18. xbilll

    cloned xp to 2nd harddrivewould like to keep oneclean?

    I recloned xpon d: unpluged c:rebooted all igot was a small - blinking on a black screen .reconnected c;IT booted back to the same way. I'll do it over this week end.I let it blink for 3 or 4 min.mabey i didn't wait long enough.I thank you for all the help &info.
  19. xbilll

    cloned xp to 2nd harddrivewould like to keep oneclean?

    DO you think if i refomat d:that it will remove windows onC;as well.THANKS
  20. xbilll

    cloned xp to 2nd harddrivewould like to keep oneclean?

    Ihaven't booted with just the cloned drive yet, As this is new to me,Ijustwon't to check with you to get it right. what i have to do is un plug the c:dr.and restart.then if it boots up on the clone,i should re connectc:and re boot?I am not sure i understand about bouth be comeing c: What should...

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