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Boot issues on 2nd drive

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cjk2

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Hi. I currently have 2 harddrives, one 300gb and one 320gb. Up until about a month ago i was using XP on the 300gb drive and i didnt have the 320. I added the 320 and put vista on it. I like vista alot and i see no reason to keep XP. I figured id put my 300 in an external enclosure and use it for removable storage. The only problem is that the 320 is not bootable without the 300 attached. I take it that Vista put its bootloader on the 300 not the 320. So my question is: how do I make the 320 bootable without the other drive attached? The vista recovery tools are of no help.
 
You're right, that the boot files aren't found on the 320, so it won't boot. It has nothing to do with the BIOS order. There is a command that will allow you to fix it from the Vista tools, but I'm not remembering what it is, so someone else will surely chime in soon with it.
 
I tried using bootrec /fixboot, and bootrec /fixmbr. Neither of them helped...
 
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