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Lost path to boot drive - Help please
I have a Windows Vista Ultimate system with 4 SATA hard drives
configured to look like IDE drives through an ASUS motherboard. I had the boot drive set as drive C: with a variety of applications installed on it. Two days ago I 'cloned' that drive to a new larger drive with the most recent version of Norton Ghost. That drive showed as drive H:. I've been trying to get the new drive to show as drive c:, as all my applications want to read data or write settings to drive C:. I've used the disk manager in Vista to change the drive letter assignments, even swapped the SATA cables between the two and probably some other settings in BIOS, etc. -- The original boot drive now shows as drive G: and the 'new' drives shows as H:. The system is now SO screwed up that although I can “boot” into Windows it will not bring up any of my applications and simply shows a light blue background with no toolbars or icons. I can use Ctrl-Alt- Del to get into the task manager and try to start a management program but it always shows 'Path Not Found' and references drive H:. Can anyone make a suggestion on how I get one of the 'boot' drives seen as drive C: again and boot into Vista? Maybe even to the point where I can use the Vista DVD to repair one of them? Thanks for helping an idiot! Tim |
Lost path to boot drive - Help please
Hi, Tim.
"TimB" wrote in message ... I have a Windows Vista Ultimate system with 4 SATA hard drives configured to look like IDE drives through an ASUS motherboard. I had the boot drive set as drive C: with a variety of applications installed on it. Two days ago I 'cloned' that drive to a new larger drive with the most recent version of Norton Ghost. That drive showed as drive H:. I've been trying to get the new drive to show as drive c:, as all my applications want to read data or write settings to drive C:. I've used the disk manager in Vista to change the drive letter assignments, even swapped the SATA cables between the two and probably some other settings in BIOS, etc. -- The original boot drive now shows as drive G: and the 'new' drives shows as H:. The system is now SO screwed up that although I can “boot” into Windows it will not bring up any of my applications and simply shows a light blue background with no toolbars or icons. I can use Ctrl-Alt- Del to get into the task manager and try to start a management program but it always shows 'Path Not Found' and references drive H:. Can anyone make a suggestion on how I get one of the 'boot' drives seen as drive C: again and boot into Vista? Maybe even to the point where I can use the Vista DVD to repair one of them? Thanks for helping an idiot! Tim |
Lost path to boot drive - Help please
Hi, Tim.
"TimB" wrote in message ... I have a Windows Vista Ultimate system with 4 SATA hard drives configured to look like IDE drives through an ASUS motherboard. I had the boot drive set as drive C: with a variety of applications installed on it. Two days ago I 'cloned' that drive to a new larger drive with the most recent version of Norton Ghost. That drive showed as drive H:. I've been trying to get the new drive to show as drive c:, as all my applications want to read data or write settings to drive C:. I've used the disk manager in Vista to change the drive letter assignments, even swapped the SATA cables between the two and probably some other settings in BIOS, etc. -- The original boot drive now shows as drive G: and the 'new' drives shows as H:. The system is now SO screwed up that although I can “boot” into Windows it will not bring up any of my applications and simply shows a light blue background with no toolbars or icons. I can use Ctrl-Alt- Del to get into the task manager and try to start a management program but it always shows 'Path Not Found' and references drive H:. Can anyone make a suggestion on how I get one of the 'boot' drives seen as drive C: again and boot into Vista? Maybe even to the point where I can use the Vista DVD to repair one of them? Thanks for helping an idiot! Tim |
Lost path to boot drive - Help please
Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately the link doesn't resolve anywhere
when I click on it. Tim On Feb 25, 6:48*pm, "R. C. White" wrote: Hi, Tim. "TimB" wrote in message ... I have a Windows Vista Ultimate system with 4 SATA hard drives configured to look like IDE drives through an ASUS motherboard. I had the boot drive set as drive C: with a variety of applications installed on it. Two days ago I 'cloned' that drive to a new larger drive with the most recent version of Norton Ghost. That drive showed as drive H:. I've been trying to get the new drive to show as drive c:, as all my applications want to read data or write settings to drive C:. I've used the disk manager in Vista to change the drive letter assignments, even swapped the SATA cables between the two and probably some other settings in BIOS, etc. -- The original boot drive now shows as drive G: and the 'new' drives shows as H:. The system is now SO screwed up that although I can boot into Windows it will not bring up any of my applications and simply shows a light blue background with no toolbars or icons. I can use Ctrl-Alt- Del to get into the task manager and try to start a management program but it always shows 'Path Not Found' and references drive H:. Can anyone make a suggestion on how I get one of the 'boot' drives seen as drive C: again and boot into Vista? Maybe even to the point where I can use the Vista DVD to repair one of them? Thanks for helping an idiot! Tim |
Lost path to boot drive - Help please
Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately the link doesn't resolve anywhere
when I click on it. Tim On Feb 25, 6:48*pm, "R. C. White" wrote: Hi, Tim. "TimB" wrote in message ... I have a Windows Vista Ultimate system with 4 SATA hard drives configured to look like IDE drives through an ASUS motherboard. I had the boot drive set as drive C: with a variety of applications installed on it. Two days ago I 'cloned' that drive to a new larger drive with the most recent version of Norton Ghost. That drive showed as drive H:. I've been trying to get the new drive to show as drive c:, as all my applications want to read data or write settings to drive C:. I've used the disk manager in Vista to change the drive letter assignments, even swapped the SATA cables between the two and probably some other settings in BIOS, etc. -- The original boot drive now shows as drive G: and the 'new' drives shows as H:. The system is now SO screwed up that although I can boot into Windows it will not bring up any of my applications and simply shows a light blue background with no toolbars or icons. I can use Ctrl-Alt- Del to get into the task manager and try to start a management program but it always shows 'Path Not Found' and references drive H:. Can anyone make a suggestion on how I get one of the 'boot' drives seen as drive C: again and boot into Vista? Maybe even to the point where I can use the Vista DVD to repair one of them? Thanks for helping an idiot! Tim |
Lost path to boot drive - Help please
That usually only happens when you boot with the Cloned drive and
the drive you cloned from still attached. After a clone you are supposed to shut down, remove the old drive and place the new drive in its position then reboot. did you do that?? peter -- If you find a posting or message from me offensive,inappropriate or disruptive,please ignore it. If you dont know how to ignore a posting complain to me and I will be only too happy to demonstrate :-) "TimB" wrote in message ... I have a Windows Vista Ultimate system with 4 SATA hard drives configured to look like IDE drives through an ASUS motherboard. I had the boot drive set as drive C: with a variety of applications installed on it. Two days ago I 'cloned' that drive to a new larger drive with the most recent version of Norton Ghost. That drive showed as drive H:. I've been trying to get the new drive to show as drive c:, as all my applications want to read data or write settings to drive C:. I've used the disk manager in Vista to change the drive letter assignments, even swapped the SATA cables between the two and probably some other settings in BIOS, etc. -- The original boot drive now shows as drive G: and the 'new' drives shows as H:. The system is now SO screwed up that although I can “boot” into Windows it will not bring up any of my applications and simply shows a light blue background with no toolbars or icons. I can use Ctrl-Alt- Del to get into the task manager and try to start a management program but it always shows 'Path Not Found' and references drive H:. Can anyone make a suggestion on how I get one of the 'boot' drives seen as drive C: again and boot into Vista? Maybe even to the point where I can use the Vista DVD to repair one of them? Thanks for helping an idiot! Tim |
Lost path to boot drive - Help please
That usually only happens when you boot with the Cloned drive and
the drive you cloned from still attached. After a clone you are supposed to shut down, remove the old drive and place the new drive in its position then reboot. did you do that?? peter -- If you find a posting or message from me offensive,inappropriate or disruptive,please ignore it. If you dont know how to ignore a posting complain to me and I will be only too happy to demonstrate :-) "TimB" wrote in message ... I have a Windows Vista Ultimate system with 4 SATA hard drives configured to look like IDE drives through an ASUS motherboard. I had the boot drive set as drive C: with a variety of applications installed on it. Two days ago I 'cloned' that drive to a new larger drive with the most recent version of Norton Ghost. That drive showed as drive H:. I've been trying to get the new drive to show as drive c:, as all my applications want to read data or write settings to drive C:. I've used the disk manager in Vista to change the drive letter assignments, even swapped the SATA cables between the two and probably some other settings in BIOS, etc. -- The original boot drive now shows as drive G: and the 'new' drives shows as H:. The system is now SO screwed up that although I can “boot” into Windows it will not bring up any of my applications and simply shows a light blue background with no toolbars or icons. I can use Ctrl-Alt- Del to get into the task manager and try to start a management program but it always shows 'Path Not Found' and references drive H:. Can anyone make a suggestion on how I get one of the 'boot' drives seen as drive C: again and boot into Vista? Maybe even to the point where I can use the Vista DVD to repair one of them? Thanks for helping an idiot! Tim |
Lost path to boot drive - Help please
Thanks, Peter.
I did have them both connected, but just disconnected the original "C" drive and rebooted. I got a BIT farther when the light blue windows screen appeared. It now tells me that it couldn't find the path/file, etc to RUNDLL32.EXE. I assume that means that the OS paths are screwed up as the CLONE drive is still set at drive H: and I cannot see anyway to change it to drive C, which I assume the OS wants. Thoughts? Tim On Feb 25, 7:05*pm, "peter" wrote: That usually only happens when you boot with the Cloned drive and the drive you cloned from still attached. After a clone you are supposed to shut down, remove the old drive and place the new drive in its position then reboot. did you do that?? peter -- If you find a posting or message from me offensive,inappropriate or disruptive,please ignore it. If you dont know how to ignore a posting complain to me and I will be only too happy to demonstrate :-) "TimB" wrote in message ... I have a Windows Vista Ultimate system with 4 SATA hard drives configured to look like IDE drives through an ASUS motherboard. I had the boot drive set as drive C: with a variety of applications installed on it. Two days ago I 'cloned' that drive to a new larger drive with the most recent version of Norton Ghost. That drive showed as drive H:. I've been trying to get the new drive to show as drive c:, as all my applications want to read data or write settings to drive C:. I've used the disk manager in Vista to change the drive letter assignments, even swapped the SATA cables between the two and probably some other settings in BIOS, etc. -- The original boot drive now shows as drive G: and the 'new' drives shows as H:. The system is now SO screwed up that although I can boot into Windows it will not bring up any of my applications and simply shows a light blue background with no toolbars or icons. I can use Ctrl-Alt- Del to get into the task manager and try to start a management program but it always shows 'Path Not Found' and references drive H:. Can anyone make a suggestion on how I get one of the 'boot' drives seen as drive C: again and boot into Vista? Maybe even to the point where I can use the Vista DVD to repair one of them? Thanks for helping an idiot! Tim |
Lost path to boot drive - Help please
Thanks, Peter.
I did have them both connected, but just disconnected the original "C" drive and rebooted. I got a BIT farther when the light blue windows screen appeared. It now tells me that it couldn't find the path/file, etc to RUNDLL32.EXE. I assume that means that the OS paths are screwed up as the CLONE drive is still set at drive H: and I cannot see anyway to change it to drive C, which I assume the OS wants. Thoughts? Tim On Feb 25, 7:05*pm, "peter" wrote: That usually only happens when you boot with the Cloned drive and the drive you cloned from still attached. After a clone you are supposed to shut down, remove the old drive and place the new drive in its position then reboot. did you do that?? peter -- If you find a posting or message from me offensive,inappropriate or disruptive,please ignore it. If you dont know how to ignore a posting complain to me and I will be only too happy to demonstrate :-) "TimB" wrote in message ... I have a Windows Vista Ultimate system with 4 SATA hard drives configured to look like IDE drives through an ASUS motherboard. I had the boot drive set as drive C: with a variety of applications installed on it. Two days ago I 'cloned' that drive to a new larger drive with the most recent version of Norton Ghost. That drive showed as drive H:. I've been trying to get the new drive to show as drive c:, as all my applications want to read data or write settings to drive C:. I've used the disk manager in Vista to change the drive letter assignments, even swapped the SATA cables between the two and probably some other settings in BIOS, etc. -- The original boot drive now shows as drive G: and the 'new' drives shows as H:. The system is now SO screwed up that although I can boot into Windows it will not bring up any of my applications and simply shows a light blue background with no toolbars or icons. I can use Ctrl-Alt- Del to get into the task manager and try to start a management program but it always shows 'Path Not Found' and references drive H:. Can anyone make a suggestion on how I get one of the 'boot' drives seen as drive C: again and boot into Vista? Maybe even to the point where I can use the Vista DVD to repair one of them? Thanks for helping an idiot! Tim |
Lost path to boot drive - Help please
You must have booted with your origonal c still attached.
Disconnect all drives except the one you want, reboot if it doesnt, use your win dvd to repair There is also a vague possibility that your mobo requires the use of a specific connector for the boot drive. "TimB" wrote in message ... Thanks, Peter. I did have them both connected, but just disconnected the original "C" drive and rebooted. I got a BIT farther when the light blue windows screen appeared. It now tells me that it couldn't find the path/file, etc to RUNDLL32.EXE. I assume that means that the OS paths are screwed up as the CLONE drive is still set at drive H: and I cannot see anyway to change it to drive C, which I assume the OS wants. Thoughts? Tim On Feb 25, 7:05 pm, "peter" wrote: That usually only happens when you boot with the Cloned drive and the drive you cloned from still attached. After a clone you are supposed to shut down, remove the old drive and place the new drive in its position then reboot. did you do that?? peter -- If you find a posting or message from me offensive,inappropriate or disruptive,please ignore it. If you dont know how to ignore a posting complain to me and I will be only too happy to demonstrate :-) "TimB" wrote in message ... I have a Windows Vista Ultimate system with 4 SATA hard drives configured to look like IDE drives through an ASUS motherboard. I had the boot drive set as drive C: with a variety of applications installed on it. Two days ago I 'cloned' that drive to a new larger drive with the most recent version of Norton Ghost. That drive showed as drive H:. I've been trying to get the new drive to show as drive c:, as all my applications want to read data or write settings to drive C:. I've used the disk manager in Vista to change the drive letter assignments, even swapped the SATA cables between the two and probably some other settings in BIOS, etc. -- The original boot drive now shows as drive G: and the 'new' drives shows as H:. The system is now SO screwed up that although I can boot into Windows it will not bring up any of my applications and simply shows a light blue background with no toolbars or icons. I can use Ctrl-Alt- Del to get into the task manager and try to start a management program but it always shows 'Path Not Found' and references drive H:. Can anyone make a suggestion on how I get one of the 'boot' drives seen as drive C: again and boot into Vista? Maybe even to the point where I can use the Vista DVD to repair one of them? Thanks for helping an idiot! Tim |
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