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Old June 29th 04, 06:56 PM
SAMBA
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Hi, need help please.
I have a XP operating system and was in good condition until i add a
old hard drive (Windows 4.0 i think). and the computer he boot in this
hard drive.
i close the computer and i move this hard drive. i try to boot
computer again a i got this message "error loading operating system"
..
do you think i have to flush my bios.

format not a good solution for me because a have a lot of data in this
hard drive.
some one can help me please.
thanks
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Old June 29th 04, 08:21 PM
GSV Three Minds in a Can
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Bitstring , from the
wonderful person SAMBA said
Hi, need help please.
I have a XP operating system and was in good condition until i add a
old hard drive (Windows 4.0 i think). and the computer he boot in this
hard drive.
i close the computer and i move this hard drive. i try to boot
computer again a i got this message "error loading operating system"
.
do you think i have to flush my bios.

format not a good solution for me because a have a lot of data in this
hard drive.
some one can help me please.


A repair install will fix the OS without losing your data, assuming you
have a proper installation CD, and not just a recovery CD. Google for
'Windows XP repair install' for details of how to.

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Old June 29th 04, 09:14 PM
George Macdonald
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On 29 Jun 2004 10:56:00 -0700, (SAMBA) wrote:

Hi, need help please.
I have a XP operating system and was in good condition until i add a
old hard drive (Windows 4.0 i think). and the computer he boot in this
hard drive.
i close the computer and i move this hard drive. i try to boot
computer again a i got this message "error loading operating system"
.


Hmm, it's kinda muddled but are you saying you made the old hard drive with
Win2K on it the primary and booted from it with the WinXP hard drive as a
secondary hard drive? If this is the case, the partitions on your XP drive
have been renamed in the MBR of the XP drive to follow those of the primary
drive; when you make it a primary drive again and try to boot from it now
the renamed drive letter sticks, e.g. at D: or some other letter depending
on the partition structure of the old hard drive, and it doesn't know where
the OS is.

do you think i have to flush my bios.

format not a good solution for me because a have a lot of data in this
hard drive.
some one can help me please.


One M$ recommended procedure to reset the drive letters of your XP drive --
basically wipes the mangled drive letter assignments in the MBR -- and the
simplest one, is to make a Win98 bootable floppy with FDISK on it. Boot
from that floppy and enter FDISK /MBR.

Rgds, George Macdonald

"Just because they're paranoid doesn't mean you're not psychotic" - Who, me??
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Old June 30th 04, 11:51 PM
SAMBA
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George Macdonald wrote in message . ..
On 29 Jun 2004 10:56:00 -0700, (SAMBA) wrote:

Hi, need help please.
I have a XP operating system and was in good condition until i add a
old hard drive (Windows 4.0 i think). and the computer he boot in this
hard drive.
i close the computer and i move this hard drive. i try to boot
computer again a i got this message "error loading operating system"
.


Hmm, it's kinda muddled but are you saying you made the old hard drive with
Win2K on it the primary and booted from it with the WinXP hard drive as a
secondary hard drive? If this is the case, the partitions on your XP drive
have been renamed in the MBR of the XP drive to follow those of the primary
drive; when you make it a primary drive again and try to boot from it now
the renamed drive letter sticks, e.g. at D: or some other letter depending
on the partition structure of the old hard drive, and it doesn't know where
the OS is.

do you think i have to flush my bios.

format not a good solution for me because a have a lot of data in this
hard drive.
some one can help me please.


One M$ recommended procedure to reset the drive letters of your XP drive --
basically wipes the mangled drive letter assignments in the MBR -- and the
simplest one, is to make a Win98 bootable floppy with FDISK on it. Boot
from that floppy and enter FDISK /MBR.

Rgds, George Macdonald

"Just because they're paranoid doesn't mean you're not psychotic" - Who, me??



Hi there,
a did exactly FDISK /MBR and i boot, it say "missing operating system"
some one can help me thanx
 




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