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How can I boot from E:?
One of my machines is an older Dimension 8400. I added an aftermarket DVD drive as divve E: a couple of years ago. The windows registry is corrupt and I need to repair Vista. To do so I need to boot from the Vista disk which is a DVD. The only boot order I can see in system setup is C: followed by D: which is a CD only drive. How can I get it to boot from the DVD drive? Do I have to switch some cables and/or jumpers inside the box? I am reasonably capable but by no means an expert on this stuff. At a minimum would just like to repair it enough to salvage some data. Thoughts?
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December 16th, 2009 17:00
john8128
You could try making the DVD E:/ drive the first boot device in the system setup, or open the case and connect the DVD drive, to the end of the IDE cable and connect the D:/ drive to the middle connector, make certain that both optical drive's jumpers, are set to 'Cable Select' [CS].
Bev.
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December 17th, 2009 04:00
Thanks much. Can now boot from the DVD drive. We will see how the repairs pan out....
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December 17th, 2009 07:00
john8128
Happy to have helped.
Bev.