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Hello ztrader,
To get the machine to boot you could try changing the boot sequence in
the Bios, Hold down the delete key at startup, when the bios screen
appears, go to advanced settings and change the boot sequence from
IDE0 to IDE1
best regards
foolsgold
z> I made my usual Ghost backup disk clone, but didn't remove the second
z> (removable) hard drive when I rebooted to Win2000. It seems the drive
z> letters were rearranged on the reboot. I did some work on the computer
z> with both disks operating before I noticed that both disks were in the
z> computer. When I removed the second disk and rebooted from the
z> primary disk, I could not log on anymore.
z> I put the second disk back, and could then log on. It seems the work
z> that I did went onto the backup disk instead of the primary disk. I
z> tried to change the drive letters on the primary disk back the what it
z> was originally. It did allow me to change "C" on the now-backup disk
z> to another letter, which I did. "C" was now "J", the next available
z> letter. However, when I tried to change the primary disk (the now-boot
z> disk) from "F" to "C" it would not allow me to change it. When I tried
z> to change "J" back to "C", it would NOT allow that either!
z> So - now I have NO drive "C" anywhere, and sure enough, the computer
z> won't boot with either one or both disks inserted.
z> Any ideas on a way to recover from this so I can reboot would be MOST
z> welcome.
z> Learned one thing - it's not a good idea to do things when I'm very
z> tired.
z> Thanks,
z> ztrader
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