ragmaniac wrote:
> I feel a bit foolish asking for help about this. I thought I knew
> enough on my own, but obviously that's not so. Here's the scoop:
>
> For the last two years I have been trying to remove my original Dell
> system 9200 boot disk. It has only 65MB of storage, and I have long
> ago added other internal disks, including a newer larger boot disk.
> Last week I added a new additional 2TB internal disk and I wanted
> (for the umpteenth time) get rid of that pesky old 65MB item —
> again. I am running out of SATA connections on the MB.
>
> The system will not boot at all if I remove the irksome 65MB disk,
> even if I disable it in the system bios. "NO BOOTABLE DISK" is the
> message I get, although I have a very healthy C:\ drive that boots
> up nicely into VISTA as long as I keep that little 65MB devil
> active in the system.
>
> I am familiar with disk management in VISTA, where I have
> successfully changed various drive letter assignments, but even
> there I cannot find a way to get rid of the 65MB thing. All my
> internal SATA cables are the usual red color, except the one going
> to the 65MB which is blue. Using another (red) cable instead, and
> using a different SATA MB connector to fool the system did not
> help, either. Nor was I able to boot into C:\ by connecting it to
> the MB connector (presumably SATA 0) used by the 65MB pest.
>
> What is it I fail to understand?
> H E L P — please!
Next time - image/clone it to the new disk, remove old disk leaving only the
new, done.
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