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Windows(G:) will login without C:

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Ah wtf. I just finished copying and changing my drives. I got C: windows(old) D:(old) G:(windows boot, new) H:(new) Windows is using G: as the boot but if i remove the hardrive with the C: partition it will only get to the screen that says Windows XP and just sits there. I went into disk management to change the C: and D: letters, but when i try to change it it says it contains a pagefile....In disk management it says G: system C: pagefile, how do i get rid of this? How do i fix it?
C: and D: are on slave and G: and H: are on master.
 
hook all the drives back up and boot into Windows

Start > Run > (type) Diskmgmt.msc > which partition and HDD is marked System Partition?
 
With all drives connected, boot up the machine and go here and change the pagefile to another drive, other than c or d, then you can change the drive letters.
Only thing is, it's not easy to make the G drive into the C drive since it is currently the system drive, if that is what you were planning on doing.

pagefile.jpg
 
the system partition contains more than just the pagefile

Definition of System and Boot Partition

System Partition
The system partition refers to the disk volume containing hardware specific files needed to boot Windows (NTLDR, BOOT.INI, and so on). On Intel x86-based machines, it must be a primary partition that has been marked active. On x86 machines, this is always drive 0, the drive the system BIOS searches during system boot for the operating system.

Boot Partition
The boot partition contains the Windows operating system files (usually \WINNT) and it support files (usually \WINNT\SYSTEM32). It can be the same partition as the system partition.


Inside the boot process
Understand NT's initialization sequence
by Mark Russinovich

since its actually making it to a boot screen though...
I just want to start at the beginning, which is the system partition and exactly what is the physical config, when you installed the new OS what steps did you use (a clean install from the CD without the old C:/ drive installed?) so the new install has an ntldr and its own boot.ini? if so, simply change the boot order in the BIOS
if not it was it a dual boot install? with the old C:/ bootstraping (NTLOader> boot.ini) and then passing off to the new drive (WINNT)?
 
It seems with the software to copy the drive and format it, i set it to storage and then copied my C: to the G: drive....it has an option to make it a boot device, this will make it boot without the C:...hopefully
 
Seems I got it to work....now my problem is with microsoft.

I need to reactivate windows. My key has already been used too many times....AND the phone # for reactivating doesn't work. This is really gay.


-edit- I got it to work....not saying how though.
 
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