bootmgr problem, system working with win7 DVD

Duzzy said:

Yoknee said:

how do i detach it?

Open the case and physically disconnect it.

I think C & D are on the same HD thats how they where installed with XP. (as partitions)

Look at your Disk Management Hard disks.

gregrocker said:

Your specs are confusing. It says your Computer is home built, but then the mobo says it's a Compaq laptop.

If you have a laptop you can disable the HD in BIOS setup, or move the data off and wipe D now since it's probably interfering anyway and the only way to know for sure is to wipe it. Then you can leave it installed. Diskpart Clean Command

And, yes, you need to have the Win7 HD set as the first HD to boot in BIOS setup. Check that now, or unplug or disable D to be sure.

no this aint a laptop. Its a desk PC.
Ill try to wipe the data off the D.

ok cleaned D drive.

Duzzy said:

I'm taking a guess here that the second HD was installed after WinXP was installed. If that was true then

Disk 0 would have had C & D
Disk 1 would have been E

Then you installed Win7 and Win7 assigned drive letters to the Primary Partitions first
Disk 0 primary partition = C
Disk 1 primary partition = D

Then drive letters got assigned to the logical drives
Disk 0 extended partition, logical drive = E

Hope that clears it up a little.

thanks, thats how it went yes.

gregrocker said:

Maximize the Disk Mgmt screenshot so we can see all of the listings.

Did you run Startup Repair three separate times with reboots while only C was marked Active. Yes or No?

Was there ever an OS on Disk1 which is showing as D in Disk mgmt now?

yes, i run startup repair 3 times, only got it done once though, having some lockup problems.

No, ive never hade a Operating System???? OS on disc 1, it has always been just a backup HD with folders and files only.

Then run the three separate Startup Repairs with reboots in between to see if it corrects.

If there is no boot code on Disk1 you can leave it plugged in, although it would be best to disable it in BIOS so it can't interfere.

well, its working now. cleaning the D drive up and doing the 3 startups repairs have finaly cured it.

Thanks guys, much apreachiated. special thanks to Greg, keep on surfin m8.