Computer won't boot without Windows disk.


  1. serpexaflexa
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    Computer won't boot without Windows disk.


    So I just built my computer a few days back and everything was fine until i screwed something up in disk management. I tinkered with what drives were marked as primary partition and now windows wont boot without the installation disk being in the drive. Any idea on how I can boot without the disc in the drive? Thanks.
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  3. DocBrown
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    Welcome serpexaflexa :)

    Looks like you un-Hide your system reserved partition & assigned it a drive letter.

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  4. Loki
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    Hi,

    You need to Mark your Partition F: as Active.

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  6. serpexaflexa
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    Thanks guys. I'll try it out when I finish downloading something. I'll tell you if it helped
    Edit: Loki kinda ruined it, BUT it ended up helping. I was unable to start windows with or without the drive when i set drive f to active, but i ended up using command prompt in the windows instillation screen. After that i set drive f to inactive and also drive C to inactive and it worked!
    Thanks a lot guys.
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