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Here's the problem: When I start my computer and it tries to boot from my HD, I get a message that says "BOOT DISK FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER."
Now, I have 2 WD 200GB hard drives, one with one partition, and another with two partitions (one for windows and the other for random stuff). Both are IDE drives.
Recently I bought a Hitachi 250GB SATA drive and I was having some trouble with my computer blue screening and freezing, and I had a hunch it was one of the old drives. So I installed windows on the Hitachi and had two partitions (again one for windows and the other for random stuff). I first created the 'random stuff' partition because I was still using windows on the western digital drive.
Later I made another partition with a higher-letter name than the random stuff partition so that I could install windows. At this point I had the two original WD drives, with partitions C: D: and E: for Windows, Random stuff, and Video. The hitachi drive had a partition for other random stuff which was letter F:. The new windows installation was G: I believe.
Anyhow, I used partition magic to delete and combine the partitions from the orignal WD drive with the original windows and random stuff.
Now when I rebooted, I get the message I posted earlier. I believe this is because the Windows partition is labeled higher than the random stuff partition (G: versus F
on the Hitachi drive, which is now the only drive with windows on it. I've tried changing the boot priority to the hitachi drive, resetting the CMOS by the jumper, and I can't even boot from CD.
If I didn't confuse the heck out of whoever read this, what did I do wrong???
Now, I have 2 WD 200GB hard drives, one with one partition, and another with two partitions (one for windows and the other for random stuff). Both are IDE drives.
Recently I bought a Hitachi 250GB SATA drive and I was having some trouble with my computer blue screening and freezing, and I had a hunch it was one of the old drives. So I installed windows on the Hitachi and had two partitions (again one for windows and the other for random stuff). I first created the 'random stuff' partition because I was still using windows on the western digital drive.
Later I made another partition with a higher-letter name than the random stuff partition so that I could install windows. At this point I had the two original WD drives, with partitions C: D: and E: for Windows, Random stuff, and Video. The hitachi drive had a partition for other random stuff which was letter F:. The new windows installation was G: I believe.
Anyhow, I used partition magic to delete and combine the partitions from the orignal WD drive with the original windows and random stuff.
Now when I rebooted, I get the message I posted earlier. I believe this is because the Windows partition is labeled higher than the random stuff partition (G: versus F
on the Hitachi drive, which is now the only drive with windows on it. I've tried changing the boot priority to the hitachi drive, resetting the CMOS by the jumper, and I can't even boot from CD.If I didn't confuse the heck out of whoever read this, what did I do wrong???
