enough functionality to recognise the USB attached drive and then use it as the primary boot drive, loading the rest of Windows 98 from it.......(when using Windows 98 I do not want to access the internal (XP) hard drive). By the way, the PC doesn't...

XP Won't Boot WIth Large Hard Drive. Hello, Hardware is Dell Inspiron 9300, Windows XP MCE + SP2. I installed a 250GB WD hard drive in January 2008, and removed the existing 80GB drive. The new drive is IDE, as this seems to have been the last Inspiron...

get the boot floppy from working if you want access to the CD. The other option is to boot to DOS from the hard drive. Press and hold Ctrl before Windows boots, and you will get the Windows startup menu. Select Command prompt only. -- Jeff Richards...

from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support () I agree that assignments could mess stuff up. It depends on boot order, the way you've made the partitions, etc. The boot drive will be C:. Anyway, I get partly through starting Windows so it...

in the BIOS. I set it to boot from drive C. The computer booted fine to the original C drive. I can see the new "boot drive" (drive E). If I knew what file to edit and what to edit it to on the E drive Windows installation (new boot drive), I...

Change Drive Letter of system boot drive. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics () My old C: Drive crashed and I replaced it. O installing windows it got renaned G: and drive letters were assigned to my other drives. I have renamed the...

changing boot drive. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.setup () I started with Windows 2000 system installed on one drive. Installed a second drive (as a slave device on the same IDE controller) Installed Windows Server 2003 on the second drive....

Windows System and/or Boot partition - see Windows Basics forum for post dated 7/20/05 titled "Need To Change Drive Letter" WARNING: This discussion relates to a fix to correct a problem that occurs when Windows boots up with a drive letter other...

death this drive is. I suspect that when you make the drive image, it's got errors in it that prevent Windows from starting normally. If I were you, I'd try a plain copy of any important information on the drive and then reinstall Windows on the new one. If...

Help with assigning a new boot drive. I am trying to use Windows Recovery Console to assign a new drive as my primary boot. I have installed Windows it boots fine, but I'm experiencing some odd system behavior (like my hard drives won't display in disk management...