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Changing boot SATA controller
I want to boot from a different SATA controller. Drivers for both
controllers are installed into Windows XP, and after physically switching drives I can change the boot order in the BIOS, but when I try to boot I just get "A disk read error occurred". Is there a document somewhere on how to change your boot controller in XP? |
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Changing boot SATA controller
It turns out that all my 32-bit disk utilities were lying, but Norton
Disk Edit for MS-DOS confirmed to me that the controllers were reporting different geometry for the same drive. |
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Changing boot SATA controller
It turns out that all my 32-bit disk utilities were lying, but Norton
Disk Edit for MS-DOS confirmed to me that the controllers were reporting different geometry for the same drive. |
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Changing boot SATA controller
Problem solved!
I had tried changing the geometry in the partition table and boot sector to no avail. In fact, I could not remember how to change it back to get the original controller to boot. So, seeing as this is a new PC, I ran the system recovery procedure. And it recovered it using the new geometry, which works using either controller. |
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Changing boot SATA controller
Problem solved! I had tried changing the geometry in the partition table and boot sector to no avail. In fact, I could not remember how to change it back to get the original controller to boot. So, seeing as this is a new PC, I ran the system recovery procedure. And it recovered it using the new geometry, which works using either controller. |
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