HyperDriveFX Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Ok so here is what happened, I have my brothers vista machine with 2 HDDs in it, a 300GB one and a 80GB one, Originally windows vista was on the 80gb one but then I installed it on the 300GB drive without deleting it of the 80GB drive. So I loaded up the vista CD just now, went through the setup then got to the bit where you chose your drives and i deleted the 80gb partition. Then I rebooted and i got "Bootdisk error", so I incerted my vista CD and did a recovery and next thing I know is vista is back on the 80GB drive and when I try to wipe it I get .... or Does anyone know how to fix this without me not being able to boot up? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90773-boot-up-problem/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Y Awan Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 lol... windows vista will not allow you to delee/format the system drive on which the operating system is installed. try a bios functionaity or some other bootable utilities. my suggestion is that you reboot the system with windows vista cd and then when it shows the disk management... just do whatver you want there and then quit the setup. hope it helps Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90773-boot-up-problem/#findComment-648077 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HyperDriveFX Posted February 29, 2008 Author Share Posted February 29, 2008 The Problem is if I attempt to remove it I can't boot into windows and It wont let me format it inside windows and I don't want to put windows back on the pc for a 3rd time. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90773-boot-up-problem/#findComment-648133 Share on other sites More sharing options...
apowerr Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 In the BIOS press 'Del' or whatever your setup key may be and change the boot order manually. Or press F8 (or whatever your BBS popup key is) and choose which HD to boot off of. After changing boot order in setup, the Vista DVD may fix the 300GB install rather than the 80GB one. If not, just open up your case and unplug the 80GB HD, then fix everything with the 300GB HD. Then boot into Vista on the 300GB HD and do what needs to be done. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90773-boot-up-problem/#findComment-648135 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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