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campbuds
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_ 		7. August 2007 @ 16:26 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ok, I run a serial drive and a regular drive, I use the ata drive for backup and the serial drive to run my os off of.

I recently installed XP to my ata drive and then when I went back to boot to my serial drive it didn't see the drive there to boot from. But does recognize it when loading the drivers for the serial drive before it gets to trying to boot the OS.

How can I fix this?

I am using a Asus A7N8X mb
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mikeh0303
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_ 		7. August 2007 @ 16:51 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
have you tried unpluging the PATA drive and just having the SATA drive pluged in?
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campbuds
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_ 		7. August 2007 @ 17:36 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Yes I have
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campbuds
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_ 		9. August 2007 @ 04:39 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
any other help with these would be appreciated
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mikeh0303
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_ 		9. August 2007 @ 05:52 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
do you have another computer you can test the drive in?
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campbuds
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_ 		9. August 2007 @ 06:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
no i do not... not one that can accept a serial drive.

I know the serial drive is ok anyway... for some reason when enabled the other driveand I installed XP to the other drive then went back to the serial drive to boot it just wouldn't. All I did was change settings in the bios. turning off and on the ATA drive.
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mikeh0303
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_ 		9. August 2007 @ 07:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
you can try clearing the CMOS, and when you installed xp was it sp2?
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campbuds
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_ 		9. August 2007 @ 10:03 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
no the version I have I need to install SP2 separately.

Here is how I had it setup...

I had Vista RC1 on my ATA drive (which was turned off in the bios so it would not boot the ATA drive) and XP on my serial drive.

All I needed to do to switch between the 2 was to enable the ATA drive or disable it.

I can still access the serial drive when I boot to the ATA drive, I just cannot get it to boot the serial drive anymore even if it is the only one connected.
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mikeh0303
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_ 		9. August 2007 @ 10:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
try this: (in vista, the one that you can boot) start, right click "my computer" then go where ever you go in vista to get to advanced options, then under start up and recovery make xp your default os.
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campbuds
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_ 		9. August 2007 @ 10:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I don't think you quite get it.

I was running dual boot. The one OS did not know the other existed. Also the one that had Vista on it has had a fresh install of XP put on it. Then is when all this started.
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mikeh0303
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_ 		9. August 2007 @ 14:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i think your mbr (master boot record) it totally screwed! You should post this on answers.yahoo.com and see if anyone has some other ideas, because i am out of ideas. sorry
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