Rich,
That is odd - Vista saying zero size but.... Do you know if you have ever
partitioned and formatted that drive in the past? I have a Samsung drive
that came partitioned with it's own overlay and I could not load WinXP or
Vista to it until I partitioned it (wiping out the factory overlay) with a
Win9x boot disc. Even though I used Vista and WinXP tools to partition and
format - those did not work.
Not saying this is the same as you're experiencing but may be indicative of
"factory overlays" having a problem with some OS's. I would download the
diags from the manufacturer and look at the documentation to see what they
used to partition the drive - if anything. Use the non-destructive part of
the diags so you don't ruin your Vista install.
If you find they used some kind of overlay, you may want to consider wiping
that drive and starting over. You can get the boot files and FDISK (for >
than 67GB drives) at
www.bootdisc.com and use FDISK at the DOS level to
partition the drive. Then boot from the DVD and format the drive using
Vista and then do the dual load scenario to get a clean install of Vista.
Now this may be way off base for your situation but a zero size partition
tells me Vista doesn't know anything about that drive.
Hopefully somebody else has a better idea for you to try,
Bob S.
"Rich" <> wrote in message
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> Thanks Bob,
>
> Makes sense, gave it a try. Amazed at the options you get when you choose
> repair.
>
> Didn't work though. /sigh
>
> At the drive to repair selection it showed the vista drive, but a zero
> size
> partition.
> Attempted the repair anyway, it says corrupt,
> "windows\system32\winload.exe"
>
> Put the WinXp drive back in, booted, and wrote this replay, from Vista on
> the drive that showed zero size... go figure.
>
>
> "BobS" wrote:
>
>> Rich,
>>
>> Had a similar setup but I've been doing a lot of testing so my hardware
>> configuration and multi-boot scenarios changed often in the past several
>> weeks. But as I recall, what I did (my discs are in carriers and can be
>> removed) is I just pulled the WinXP drive then rebooted. Make sure the
>> BIOS
>> is set to boot from the DVD and that Vista drive is seen by the BIOS.
>>
>> Boot to the Vista DVD and select the repair option and it will write the
>> new
>> boot record to your Vista drive. Reboot, set your BIOS so it selects the
>> Vista drive and let 'er rip.
>>
>> Bob S.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Rich" <> wrote in message
>> news:0A1C2A1C-DAB3-4038-AC38-...
>> > Scenario:
>> > Didn't know if Vista would work well. So simply added another drive to
>> > my
>> > WinXp machine. Installed Vista on this drive so I could dual boot
>> > either
>> > to
>> > WinXP or Vista.
>> >
>> > Works fine, can boot to XP or Vista.
>> >
>> > Now, I have decided that Vista supports the applications I like and has
>> > the
>> > drivers for the hardware I have on the machine.
>> >
>> > I want to remove the WinXP drive and boot from the Vista drive.
>> >
>> > -
>> > Drive Details:
>> >
>> > From the Windows Disk Management utility, drives read as follows:
>> > Disk 0 Healthy (System, Active, Primary Partition)
>> > Disk 1 Healthy (Boot, Page File, Active, Primary Partition)
>> > Disk 2 Healthy (Primary Partition)
>> >
>> > -
>> > Disk 0 is the original boot disk with with WinXP system on it
>> > Disk 1 is the Vista system
>> > Disk 2 is my raid setup for storing WinMedia stuff
>> >
>> > Question: Is there a way, without a full reinstall of Vista, to remove
>> > Disk
>> > 0 and make the Disk 1 a reckognized bootable drive for Vista (aka the
>> > system
>> > drive)? If so, any recommendations would be appreciated.
>> >
>> > - Rich
>>
>>
>>
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