Win7 boot system, help!

[zibizibi]

Hi

I want to disconnect one of my HD, but if I do so Win7 does not boot anymore (what the hell??). Apparently he needs some boot file which lives on the HD I need to remove.

So how to make Win7 able to boot without the presence of another HD where he does not live anyway ? That is, how to make Win7 "autonomous" on its own HD ?

 

[aford10]

Try removing the hard drive. Then use the windows 7 repair tools (f8 on startup), to repair the boot files, or do an installation repair.

 

[zibizibi]

Why should I "repair" anything if nothing is broken ? Is there any faster and more logical way ?

 

[drksilenc]

no because 7 makes a like 100mb partition and it looks like it found a nice home on that hard drive

 

[aford10]

The 'repair' is to replace your system files, which includes your boot files.

 

[zibizibi]

All right them, I'm gonna try that.

But in my opinion, that Win7 puts essential stuff in other HDs is like a company which builds a brand new house and puts the circuit inside a neighbour house : totally nonsensical. Am I wrong ?

 

[aford10]

Did you install windows 7 on a secondary drive?

 

[zibizibi]

I installed it on a SATA actually. But now it works so that's fine. Thanks!