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I can't seem to even load Windows onto my D drive. It keeps looking in
my C drive. I've used my Boot from Disk, disk and gone into D and typed
setup, but am having problems.
I copied my DOS directory from C, but D is one partition.
How do I get Windows to setup on my D (second) drive?
Diane Kroeckel
On Tue, 28 Aug 2001 00:30:21 -0700 [log in to unmask] writes:
> Your BIOS/CMOS setup (usually you can get to this by pressing some
> specific key(s) at a specific point in the boot process) *may* allow
> you to specify drive D as the boot device. Many modern ones do.
>
> If yours doesn't, you may still be able to get this effect by
> installing a "boot manager" on drive C which can give you a menu of
> partitions to boot from. Some of these -- for instance, the one
> that
> NT and 2000 install -- can offer partitions on other drives as
> choices.
>
> David Gillett
>
>
> On 27 Aug 2001, at 15:44, Diane Kroeckel wrote:
>
> > Dear Listers,
> >
> > I just installed a new second drive called D. I want to make it
> > bootable. I formatted it as one partition. I have command.com,
> lo.sys
> > and msdos.sys on that drive. I also copied my DOS directory from
> my C
> > drive.
> >
> > How do I load Windows on that drive?
> >
> > How would I boot to that drive?
> >
> > Diane Kroeckel
>
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Love,
Diane
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