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pc will only boot with windows media in the drive

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  • 01-03-2007 11:19am
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    crowej
    Registered Users Posts: 267 ✭✭


    anyone seen anything like this before because its got me stumped.

    i built a new pc everything went fine and the install went ok i was using a usb cdrom at the time (i built it at work) i came home installed an internal cdrom and now the pc will only boot when there is windows media in the cd drive ?

    its driving me crazy


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    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users Posts: 13,983 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    Is the boot order set to hard-drive first?

    Windows Xp?


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    crowej
    Registered Users Posts: 267 ✭✭crowej


    its vista and the boot order is correct,

    now just so we are clear it boots into windows as it should once there is media in the drive (not the windows setup)

    i suspect a problem with the boot.ini file

    actually does vista even use a boot.ini file ?


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    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    actually does vista even use a boot.ini file ?
    No, Vista uses a new method for booting called BCD, designed to work on both BIOS and EFI-based motherboards.


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    crowej
    Registered Users Posts: 267 ✭✭crowej


    might do an inplace upgrade and see if that fixes the boot issue


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