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  • michaelw
    Confirmed User
    • May 2002
    • 1342
    #1

    How can you make a hard drive bootable?

    Currently ive got all the boot info on HD A (master). The OS is located on HD B. I want to make HD C bootable, and be able to load up hte OS on HD B.

    Basically, i want to replace HD A with HD C, with all boot info intact so i can load up my OS on HD B.

    How can i transfer the data from A to C? I dont need to transfer any other files or whatever else is on A, just the boot info that is located on there...

    Currently, A is master, B is slave. I want to make C master, and remove A completely

    anyone know how i can do this?
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    • michaelw
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      • May 2002
      • 1342
      #2
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        • juicylinks
          So Fucking Banned
          • Apr 2001
          • 122992
          #3
          I got no clue , but i can tell you how to make a pussy bootable if you want

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            • Gutterboy
              So Fucking Banned
              • Jul 2002
              • 4751
              #4
              Give it a couple of good whacks

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                • ServerGenius
                  Confirmed User
                  • Feb 2002
                  • 9377
                  #5
                  You have to edit some files....to just make your hdd bootable
                  go in dos and type sys x: where x is the drive letter of the disk
                  you want.

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                    • michaelw
                      Confirmed User
                      • May 2002
                      • 1342
                      #6
                      Originally posted by DynaSpain
                      You have to edit some files....to just make your hdd bootable
                      go in dos and type sys x: where x is the drive letter of the disk
                      you want.

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                      which files?
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                        • michaelw
                          Confirmed User
                          • May 2002
                          • 1342
                          #7
                          command sys isnt found.. not thru boot disk or windows
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                            • clubsexy
                              Confirmed User
                              • Jan 2003
                              • 1630
                              #8
                              I deleted my comand.com or a virus did it once. I just installed dos and it fixed it.

                              Not sure if you can find the files on another machine... it's called command.com though
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                                • michaelw
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • May 2002
                                  • 1342
                                  #9
                                  god dammit this is so fucking frustrating..


                                  i cant even see the hard drives with the boot disk (xp) so i cant even make it bootable..

                                  god dammit, i have an os on the 40 gig drive, how the hell can i start it?
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                                    • buzzard
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Aug 2002
                                      • 1276
                                      #10
                                      Try using your boot disk and boot with cd-rom support.
                                      If your cd is recognizable, try windows setup from your cd.

                                      Get a good boot disk here first: (Do not know if it will work with xp)
                                      http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/fil...id,8303,00.asp

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                                        • jimmyf
                                          OU812
                                          • Feb 2001
                                          • 12651
                                          #11
                                          win98 or XP? wn98 I can help you
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                                            • michaelw
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                                              • May 2002
                                              • 1342
                                              #12
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                                                • jimmyf
                                                  OU812
                                                  • Feb 2001
                                                  • 12651
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by michaelw
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                                                    • some_idiot
                                                      Confirmed User
                                                      • May 2002
                                                      • 1511
                                                      #14
                                                      There's an undocumented /mbr switch to the fdisk command that will write the 512byte Master Boot Record to an already partitioned disk.

                                                      Judging from your message though, don't fuck with it, you'll probably get it wrong and loose your data.
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                                                        • michaelw
                                                          Confirmed User
                                                          • May 2002
                                                          • 1342
                                                          #15
                                                          well, i found a very crude way to do it but its awful

                                                          i put the boot.ini on a floppy, along with ntldr and ntdetect.com

                                                          but without the floppy in the drive, the os menu wont show and i cant load my os (even though the exact files that are in the floppy are located on both my drives)

                                                          anyone know how i can boot up my pc without the disk?
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                                                            • Project-Shadow
                                                              Confirmed User
                                                              • Feb 2003
                                                              • 7340
                                                              #16
                                                              Originally posted by michaelw
                                                              well, i found a very crude way to do it but its awful

                                                              i put the boot.ini on a floppy, along with ntldr and ntdetect.com

                                                              but without the floppy in the drive, the os menu wont show and i cant load my os (even though the exact files that are in the floppy are located on both my drives)

                                                              anyone know how i can boot up my pc without the disk?
                                                              Stupid question.. but have you changed the master/slave starters at the back?

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