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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Internal HD
From: Diane <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sat, July 03, 2010 9:23 am
To: [log in to unmask]

*I unplugged my backup HD.
I booted from my Windows Repair disk and had it repair.
Still wouldn't boot.
I plugged in my Video HD, which I was using along with my main HD before
I
ran restore.
Then it booted.
So I still can't boot with my main HD. I need either my backup HD or my
Video HD in the computer to be able to boot.
I don't have a Win 7 install CD. My Asus computer came with a Recovery
CD
and I made a Win7 Repair CD.

Diane
*
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 9:24 AM, Peter Shkabara
<[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> It sounds as if your backup disk somehow got the boot loader on it. If that
> is the case, then the MBR (Master Boot Record) that is used for booting is
> on the backup disk. When you remove it from the system, the computer does
> not know how to boot.
>
> To fix this problem, remove the backup disk and boot from your Windows
> installation disk and select the repair option. With Windows 7 it is a
> rather easy process. With XP, you would have to go to a recovery console
> and
> run FIXBOOT from the command line.
>
> One more thought. Although you seem certain about which drive you are
> removing, what happens if you disconnect your main drive and leave the
> backup in place. Does it try to boot?
>
> Peter Shkabara
> -------------------------
> [log in to unmask]
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diane [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>
> *I have an ASUS computer running Win7 64bit.
>
> I have one ATA internal main drive. I have temporarily, another ATA
> internal HD for backing up.
>
> I was done using the backup. I turned off the computer and turned off the
> power strip. I unplugged the power and data cables from the backup
> internal
> HD.
>
> Diane Kroeckel
>
>

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