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.
6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's
added 80gb external on Ult 7600 computer,
numerous extra 1tb, 2TB, 3Tb SATA HD's
A collection of ext HD Docks w/ HDs
PSU
430w, 550w, 600w, 700, 800, etc
Case
All Generic Full Towers
Cooling
Open Air & a few fans, some w/ colored LEDs
Keyboard
Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill
Mouse
Made in China Optical Wired Mouse
Internet Speed
Fast Cable InterNet
Antivirus
AVG Free on 24 different Desktops, NO Problems!
Browser
IE 8 is preferred, but use FireFox sometimes
Other Info
Linksys Routers, switches, & Hubs
Too Many USB Flash Drives to count, Biggest is 64GB !
Eight computers in my home network.
Sixteen computers at my business network.
Linked via TeamViewer !
Lots of old used spare computer parts everywhere!
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.
