Boot issues on 2nd drive

[cjk2]

Hi. I currently have 2 harddrives, one 300gb and one 320gb. Up until about a month ago i was using XP on the 300gb drive and i didnt have the 320. I added the 320 and put vista on it. I like vista alot and i see no reason to keep XP. I figured id put my 300 in an external enclosure and use it for removable storage. The only problem is that the 320 is not bootable without the 300 attached. I take it that Vista put its bootloader on the 300 not the 320. So my question is: how do I make the 320 bootable without the other drive attached? The vista recovery tools are of no help.

 

[Betrayer00GT]

I had a BIOS issue with HDD boot order, but I also had Vista install itself on two drives (instead of just the one I selected in the Installation process). Check out my post on how I fixed it, if you want:

http://hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=1031077049&postcount=9

 

[djnes]

You're right, that the boot files aren't found on the 320, so it won't boot. It has nothing to do with the BIOS order. There is a command that will allow you to fix it from the Vista tools, but I'm not remembering what it is, so someone else will surely chime in soon with it.

 

[cjk2]

I tried using bootrec /fixboot, and bootrec /fixmbr. Neither of them helped...