A friend of mine asked: "I used to have two harddrives in my system. Each time I booted up, just before the Welcome screen, Windows XP added an extra screen that made me choose which drive I wanted to use. I was forced to use the arrow to toggle up or down to make a selection. No matter how I changed the bios, I still had to do it. I knew it wasn't right but I endured it for 3 months. Now that I no longer want the second drive and have removed it, guess what? I still get asked that question. If I choose correctly all is well. If I pick the drive that is removed from the system, I get a message saying that Window does not have the proper files and On My Compter, the phanton second harddrive does not appear. What can I do to bypass the need to choose and get rid of that screen?
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As an aside, for someone who does not overclock: is the Lian Li really the best case, or are other, cheaper aluminum cases good alternatives?
The Case of the Mysterious Drive Letter
The Case of the Mysterious Drive Letter
These are the instructions that came with my Thermalright SLK-800 cooler:
Assembly:
The assembly gestalltet itself just as simply as with the standard Slk-800. after the foil of the base plate was removed and the processor core with thermal compound moistened, leaves one the 6-Punkt-Halteklammer in the base noses to engage. Subsequently, the radiator box is aligned centrically on the base. By means of slotted bolt turners finally the catch side of the fixing clip down pressed to these on the base engages. A strammer contact pressure develops, whereby a good waermeaufnahme is ensured. Although the additionally existing PU Schaumpads provides for a safe seat on the processor, the PC should very carefully be transported and/or the radiators before transport be developed.
Assembly:
The assembly gestalltet itself just as simply as with the standard Slk-800. after the foil of the base plate was removed and the processor core with thermal compound moistened, leaves one the 6-Punkt-Halteklammer in the base noses to engage. Subsequently, the radiator box is aligned centrically on the base. By means of slotted bolt turners finally the catch side of the fixing clip down pressed to these on the base engages. A strammer contact pressure develops, whereby a good waermeaufnahme is ensured. Although the additionally existing PU Schaumpads provides for a safe seat on the processor, the PC should very carefully be transported and/or the radiators before transport be developed.
i think you are referring to the NT bootloader, which is designed for dual or multiboot OS. it is a part of the boot process that i think started with win2k, and i am not sure if you can get rid of that screen.
but still, there might be a way. i am sure if there is, someone else here will help you out.
it has nothing to do with BIOS, it is windows.
but still, there might be a way. i am sure if there is, someone else here will help you out.
it has nothing to do with BIOS, it is windows.
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Well it shouldn't be phrased as a drive, but as an OS boot choice if it's the boot loader screen, but I agree that's the only thing it could be.
You coluld edit the boot.ini file and delete the option that's not valid and shorten the time it'll wait for an input. More info here: http://support.microsoft.com/default.as ... S;Q289022&
However, a better way would be to make the proper selection the default and bypass the boot loader menu.
Right click My Computer, select properties, then the Advanced tab, then click the Settings button under "Startup and Recovery".
Select the "Default operating system" you want to boot with (this SHOULD be your two drive choices if the menu you're seeing is indeed the boot loader) then I think if you uncheck "Time to display list of operating systems" the menu will never come up.
HOWEVER, before disabling the menu, I'd test your default choice first to see if it works.
Hope this helps...
You coluld edit the boot.ini file and delete the option that's not valid and shorten the time it'll wait for an input. More info here: http://support.microsoft.com/default.as ... S;Q289022&
However, a better way would be to make the proper selection the default and bypass the boot loader menu.
Right click My Computer, select properties, then the Advanced tab, then click the Settings button under "Startup and Recovery".
Select the "Default operating system" you want to boot with (this SHOULD be your two drive choices if the menu you're seeing is indeed the boot loader) then I think if you uncheck "Time to display list of operating systems" the menu will never come up.
HOWEVER, before disabling the menu, I'd test your default choice first to see if it works.
Hope this helps...
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My friend is in more of a mess than I thought
My friend is in more of a mess than I thought he was. It seems like he did have a dual boot going for awhile. He had a 40Gb hdd and cloned it to a new 80GB, which wound up labeled drive F. He removed the 40GB and gave it away. Now he's left with the new one, still called F. He can't change the name of it because WIN XP says it can change the drive letter of the main drive. He needs to reformat because most of his programs, including control panel and my computer have stopped working because they're looking for files in C drive. He cleared CMOS, no help. What if he reformats? Won't he still be asked to choose drives when he boots up? Will the non-existant drive still be there? Will he be able to make his new drive the C drive? Confusing, isn't it?
Also, let the truth be known, neither of us understands this fdisk stuff, so an explanation in English would be gratefully accepted.
Also, let the truth be known, neither of us understands this fdisk stuff, so an explanation in English would be gratefully accepted.
These are the instructions that came with my Thermalright SLK-800 cooler:
Assembly:
The assembly gestalltet itself just as simply as with the standard Slk-800. after the foil of the base plate was removed and the processor core with thermal compound moistened, leaves one the 6-Punkt-Halteklammer in the base noses to engage. Subsequently, the radiator box is aligned centrically on the base. By means of slotted bolt turners finally the catch side of the fixing clip down pressed to these on the base engages. A strammer contact pressure develops, whereby a good waermeaufnahme is ensured. Although the additionally existing PU Schaumpads provides for a safe seat on the processor, the PC should very carefully be transported and/or the radiators before transport be developed.
Assembly:
The assembly gestalltet itself just as simply as with the standard Slk-800. after the foil of the base plate was removed and the processor core with thermal compound moistened, leaves one the 6-Punkt-Halteklammer in the base noses to engage. Subsequently, the radiator box is aligned centrically on the base. By means of slotted bolt turners finally the catch side of the fixing clip down pressed to these on the base engages. A strammer contact pressure develops, whereby a good waermeaufnahme is ensured. Although the additionally existing PU Schaumpads provides for a safe seat on the processor, the PC should very carefully be transported and/or the radiators before transport be developed.
probably he has 2 partitions on that 80GB HDD. if, sometime after he cloned, he installed some other O/S on the other partition, it will be in the menu in the NT bootloader. even if he didn't there will still be an extra partition.
and from my experience, even if there is nothing on the other partition, it would still say "boot to winXP" , or other option, "previous O/S on C:"
and from my experience, even if there is nothing on the other partition, it would still say "boot to winXP" , or other option, "previous O/S on C:"
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Penguin, as usual, you were correct! Unfortunately, he had to reinstall the OS. However, he was still left with the boot choice (30 seconds worth of choice). So first he went to Advanced tab, Settings and"Startup and Recovery" as you said. He knocked the time of the display down to 5 seconds to see if he had the correct drive. He rebooted and the display did go down to 5 seconds. Then he "unchecked" at it was gone. Thanks again.
These are the instructions that came with my Thermalright SLK-800 cooler:
Assembly:
The assembly gestalltet itself just as simply as with the standard Slk-800. after the foil of the base plate was removed and the processor core with thermal compound moistened, leaves one the 6-Punkt-Halteklammer in the base noses to engage. Subsequently, the radiator box is aligned centrically on the base. By means of slotted bolt turners finally the catch side of the fixing clip down pressed to these on the base engages. A strammer contact pressure develops, whereby a good waermeaufnahme is ensured. Although the additionally existing PU Schaumpads provides for a safe seat on the processor, the PC should very carefully be transported and/or the radiators before transport be developed.
Assembly:
The assembly gestalltet itself just as simply as with the standard Slk-800. after the foil of the base plate was removed and the processor core with thermal compound moistened, leaves one the 6-Punkt-Halteklammer in the base noses to engage. Subsequently, the radiator box is aligned centrically on the base. By means of slotted bolt turners finally the catch side of the fixing clip down pressed to these on the base engages. A strammer contact pressure develops, whereby a good waermeaufnahme is ensured. Although the additionally existing PU Schaumpads provides for a safe seat on the processor, the PC should very carefully be transported and/or the radiators before transport be developed.
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Thanks, hip... I guess I'm just about decided. I think I'll pass on your friend's case, I'm thinking of one with a window. If I never see another dremel it'll be too soon.
Isn't th pC68 the one with black on the face? Nice one!
Isn't th pC68 the one with black on the face? Nice one!
These are the instructions that came with my Thermalright SLK-800 cooler:
Assembly:
The assembly gestalltet itself just as simply as with the standard Slk-800. after the foil of the base plate was removed and the processor core with thermal compound moistened, leaves one the 6-Punkt-Halteklammer in the base noses to engage. Subsequently, the radiator box is aligned centrically on the base. By means of slotted bolt turners finally the catch side of the fixing clip down pressed to these on the base engages. A strammer contact pressure develops, whereby a good waermeaufnahme is ensured. Although the additionally existing PU Schaumpads provides for a safe seat on the processor, the PC should very carefully be transported and/or the radiators before transport be developed.
Assembly:
The assembly gestalltet itself just as simply as with the standard Slk-800. after the foil of the base plate was removed and the processor core with thermal compound moistened, leaves one the 6-Punkt-Halteklammer in the base noses to engage. Subsequently, the radiator box is aligned centrically on the base. By means of slotted bolt turners finally the catch side of the fixing clip down pressed to these on the base engages. A strammer contact pressure develops, whereby a good waermeaufnahme is ensured. Although the additionally existing PU Schaumpads provides for a safe seat on the processor, the PC should very carefully be transported and/or the radiators before transport be developed.