Hi - I am running Windows XP on my home PC (1.4 Athalon processor). I have a Cdrive (40gig) and D drive (my "old" C drive). Without warning, my PC no longer recognizes my C drive and suddenly defaults to D (thinking that it is C). Since the D drive still has a copy of Windows95, I can bootup 95 in "safe mode". I am now at a lost as how I can "resurrect" my C drive. Thanks in advance for any help!
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PC won't recognize C Drive on startup
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I assum that your C drive is NTFS, it will be not recognized by DOS.
If you run Fdisk does it sees it as ntfs?
Does the Bios recognizes disk C at all?
you might have an issue with C:\boot.ini that points to teh wrong place.
If that's the case I suggest booting from winxp CDROM and choosing R for repair, you'll get a console tha tyou can make some changes.
If you run Fdisk does it sees it as ntfs?
Does the Bios recognizes disk C at all?
you might have an issue with C:\boot.ini that points to teh wrong place.
If that's the case I suggest booting from winxp CDROM and choosing R for repair, you'll get a console tha tyou can make some changes.
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