Vista starts up D drive

Was having problems with vista so restsored the system, used the Install cd
and chose the c: drive. And I did this 2 times to be sure I selected C
Drive. But It starts up and runs on d drive (restore drive every time that
does not have enough ram to do anything) I have searched all discussion
groups and have not found an answer. There may be a simple answer, but I
cannot find it. Thanks for your help

I suspect your system is like mine, in that the restore changes the letters
during the setup. You may not have used the correct restore technique. It
sounds to me like you are saying you are booting to an install CD or DVD,
and that is not how one uses a 'restore drive' to restore to factory
defaults. The restore is usually available on the recovery menu, seen by
pressing F8 during the black screen right after the BIOS startup screen. If
you have formatted this 'recovery partition' you may be in need of
additional disks from the maker of the system to rebuild it.
Systems vary, all this may not apply. You should check into all that with
the maker of the system.

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"broncoshigh" <> wrote in message
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> Was having problems with vista so restsored the system, used the Install
> cd
> and chose the c: drive. And I did this 2 times to be sure I selected C
> Drive. But It starts up and runs on d drive (restore drive every time
> that
> does not have enough ram to do anything) I have searched all discussion
> groups and have not found an answer. There may be a simple answer, but I
> cannot find it. Thanks for your help

I waited to answer until I got it fixed. I was finally able to get to the C:
drive, but you were exactly right about the restore and needing to get a new
disk from the maker. I was able to download the drivers and got network
working, but ordered a new restore disk as well for $20. Thank you so much
for your response. I am concerned about your saying to use the guidelines
when posting. I really want to follow all rules. Is there something I did
wrong. I quickly read them but want to be sure I stay within the guidelines.
Thanks again. Ann

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

> I suspect your system is like mine, in that the restore changes the letters
> during the setup. You may not have used the correct restore technique. It
> sounds to me like you are saying you are booting to an install CD or DVD,
> and that is not how one uses a 'restore drive' to restore to factory
> defaults. The restore is usually available on the recovery menu, seen by
> pressing F8 during the black screen right after the BIOS startup screen. If
> you have formatted this 'recovery partition' you may be in need of
> additional disks from the maker of the system to rebuild it.
> Systems vary, all this may not apply. You should check into all that with
> the maker of the system.
>
> --
> Please use the Communities guidelines when posting.
> http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales...help_en-us.htm
> Mark L. Ferguson MS-MVP
> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Mark.Ferguson
>
> "broncoshigh" <> wrote in message
> news:56A3502D-E3E0-4D0D-8391-...
> > Was having problems with vista so restsored the system, used the Install
> > cd
> > and chose the c: drive. And I did this 2 times to be sure I selected C
> > Drive. But It starts up and runs on d drive (restore drive every time
> > that
> > does not have enough ram to do anything) I have searched all discussion
> > groups and have not found an answer. There may be a simple answer, but I
> > cannot find it. Thanks for your help
>

Hi Ann, The caution in my signature is always part of my posts. This group
is not always the most polite of conversationalists
I'm glad to hear you found the disks. You done good.

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"broncoshigh" <> wrote in message
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> I waited to answer until I got it fixed. I was finally able to get to the
> C:
> drive, but you were exactly right about the restore and needing to get a
> new
> disk from the maker. I was able to download the drivers and got network
> working, but ordered a new restore disk as well for $20. Thank you so
> much
> for your response. I am concerned about your saying to use the guidelines
> when posting. I really want to follow all rules. Is there something I
> did
> wrong. I quickly read them but want to be sure I stay within the
> guidelines.
> Thanks again. Ann
>
> "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
>
>> I suspect your system is like mine, in that the restore changes the
>> letters
>> during the setup. You may not have used the correct restore technique. It
>> sounds to me like you are saying you are booting to an install CD or DVD,
>> and that is not how one uses a 'restore drive' to restore to factory
>> defaults. The restore is usually available on the recovery menu, seen by
>> pressing F8 during the black screen right after the BIOS startup screen.
>> If
>> you have formatted this 'recovery partition' you may be in need of
>> additional disks from the maker of the system to rebuild it.
>> Systems vary, all this may not apply. You should check into all that with
>> the maker of the system.
>>
>> --
>> Please use the Communities guidelines when posting.
>> http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales...help_en-us.htm
>> Mark L. Ferguson MS-MVP
>> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Mark.Ferguson
>>
>> "broncoshigh" <> wrote in message
>> news:56A3502D-E3E0-4D0D-8391-...
>> > Was having problems with vista so restsored the system, used the
>> > Install
>> > cd
>> > and chose the c: drive. And I did this 2 times to be sure I selected C
>> > Drive. But It starts up and runs on d drive (restore drive every time
>> > that
>> > does not have enough ram to do anything) I have searched all
>> > discussion
>> > groups and have not found an answer. There may be a simple answer, but
>> > I
>> > cannot find it. Thanks for your help
>>