Win Vista Boot problem

[Philip Ayres]

Ooops. Attemted to install Vista on a new SSD in my desktop. Realised half way through disks were XP instead of vista.

No problem thinks I, I'll restart off the existing HDD, wipe the SSD and start again.

Now, despite not having touched it, the HDD won't boot even when I disconnect the SSD.

Anyone got any ideas how to get the Vista HDD going again? It's selected as the boot device?

(interestingly the SSD won't boot either to complete the XP install!)

[Philip Ayres]

Kids: if you're installing a new O/S on another drive, remember to disconnect your main HDD/SSD first!

[Andy Turnbull]

A valuable lesson learned!

[Philip Ayres]

Indeed.

Back in the game now thanks to an unwanted Win 7 DVD :-)

A little bother installing office, but that was a known fault when I googled the error, then lots of p***ing around trying to set Thunderbird up right. Still need to right a load of mail rules for it but need some more mail to test them on first.

[The Doctor]

Of course!

-Ralph

[legios]

Oct 10, 2015 18:36:57 GMT Philip Ayres said:

Kids: if you're installing a new O/S on another drive, remember to disconnect your main HDD/SSD first!

Owch. Yes. That's unfortunate. Not lost too much data I hope.

Also, my sympathies on having to do the twiddly bits to set up Thunderbird again. I remember that not being a process I really enjoyed the last time I did it. (A while ago now I admit)

Karl

[The Doctor]

But the way to make Thunderbird work is merely to call the Tracey brothers!

-Ralph