*I'm running Win 7 on an Asus computer.  I have a main drive split into
partitions C and D.  I have another drive that I have Video on and other
large files.  They are were both plugged in.

When I unplugged the Video drive, ** with the computer off and unplugged, **the
computer wouldn't boot.  I got the setup screen, but then just a cursor in
the upper left corner of the screen.

I also think that unplugging it and trying to start the computer messed up
the Windows files.  I know it doesn't make any sense.  But when I plugged
the Video drive back in and booted, things were terribly different.  The
toolbar looked like a Windows 98 toolbar.  Restore didn't work at all.
Firefox lost a file and wouldn't open.  When I opened Word it had to
reinstall, but didn't need the disk.

It was so bad that I tried my Windows Repair disk, but it wouldn't work.  I
finally had to backup my computer, and then use my recovery disk and bring
it back to how it was when I bought it.

So, what's the deal with unplugging extra drives.

Thanks for any help you can give me.

Diane Kroeckel
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