| Subject: Vista install loads BOOTSECT.BAK to second HDD |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup |
| Date: 6/25/2008 4:50:01 PM |
| From: =?Utf-8?B?amFtZXNwaA==?= [Email Address Protection] |
during install of Vista ultimate to new system with 2 x 750GB Sata HDD..I partitioned 100GB of the first disk (0) to take the Vista system. Windows asked where to put the installation and I highlighted the new partition but then it indicated it needed space to put what I thought it said was the System Volume? and that there was enough space on the disk 1...now I thought it meant partition 1 and highlighted that and clicked yes in the dialogue window...after the install I saw that it had placed a file of 8kb namely BOOTSECT.BAK onto the second HDD. In disk management disks show as c: Simple Basic NTFS Healthy (Boot,Page File, Crash Dump, Primary partition) and the second disk as D: simple Basic NTFS Healthy (System, Active,Primary Partition)....Also Both disks show total storage as 698GB each ? Whats going on and can I do anything other than a new install ? If a new install is needed (I havent activated vista yet) what should i do second time around....thanks for any help jph |
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| Subject: Re: Vista install loads BOOTSECT.BAK to second HDD |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup |
| Date: 6/26/2008 8:34:26 AM |
| From: "Colin Barnhorst" [Email Address Protection] |
As for bootsect.bak, why would you want the boot sector backup on the same hard drive as the boot sector it's backing up? Wouldn't you want to guard it against loss of the boot drive itself? Think about it. Windows will always show a 750GB (advertised capacity) as 698GB (real capacity) because hard drives are marketed using decimal calculations (makes the drive sound bigger) while Windows will use a binary calculation. You are seeing the correct numbers. Unless I am missing your point you are describing a correctly configured system. "jamesph" <jamesph@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FF550FA3-A409-4616-B518-14F123421079@microsoft.com... > during install of Vista ultimate to new system with 2 x 750GB Sata HDD..I > partitioned 100GB of the first disk (0) to take the Vista system. Windows > asked where to put the installation and I highlighted the new partition > but > then it indicated it needed space to put what I thought it said was the > System Volume? and that there was enough space on the disk 1...now I > thought > it meant partition 1 and highlighted that and clicked yes in the dialogue > window...after the install I saw that it had placed a file of 8kb namely > BOOTSECT.BAK onto the second HDD. In disk management disks show as c: > Simple > Basic NTFS Healthy (Boot,Page File, Crash Dump, Primary partition) and the > second disk as D: simple Basic NTFS Healthy (System, Active,Primary > Partition)....Also Both disks show total storage as 698GB each ? Whats > going > on and can I do anything other than a new install ? If a new install is > needed (I havent activated vista yet) what should i do second time > around....thanks for any help > jph |
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| Subject: Re: Vista install loads BOOTSECT.BAK to second HDD |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup |
| Date: 6/26/2008 3:58:05 PM |
| From: andy [Email Address Protection] |
On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:50:01 -0700, jamesph <jamesph@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >during install of Vista ultimate to new system with 2 x 750GB Sata HDD..I >partitioned 100GB of the first disk (0) to take the Vista system. Windows >asked where to put the installation and I highlighted the new partition but >then it indicated it needed space to put what I thought it said was the >System Volume? This is a warning that the drive you're installing Vista on is not the drive that the BIOS is set to boot from, meaning that the System partition won't be placed on that drive. > and that there was enough space on the disk 1...now I thought >it meant partition 1 and highlighted that and clicked yes in the dialogue >window...after the install I saw that it had placed a file of 8kb namely >BOOTSECT.BAK onto the second HDD. In disk management disks show as c: Simple >Basic NTFS Healthy (Boot,Page File, Crash Dump, Primary partition) and the >second disk as D: simple Basic NTFS Healthy (System, Active,Primary >Partition)....Also Both disks show total storage as 698GB each ? The reason the drives are only 698GB in Windows is because the GB that Windows uses (1GB = 2^30 = 1,073,741,824 bytes) are larger than the GB that drive manufacturers use (1GB = 10^9 = 1,000,000,000 bytes). > Whats going >on and can I do anything other than a new install ? If a new install is >needed (I havent activated vista yet) what should i do second time >around....thanks for any help Windows setup places its System partition on the physical disk drive that the BIOS is set to boot from. Go into BIOS setup and check the setting of Hard Disk Boot Priority or Hard Disk Drives. The drive that is at the top of the list of drives is the one that Windows setup is supposed to put the boot manager files. Having two identical drives can make it confusing as to which drive is which. Go into BIOS setup and move the other 750GB disk drive to the top of the drives list. Then you can reinstall. Or first run Disk Management and mark the C: partition on the Vista drive as Active. Then go into BIOS setup and move the other 750GB drive to the top of the drives list. Then place Vista's boot manager on the Vista drive by following steps 2 through 15 at <http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windows.vista.general...> Ignore any references to Windows XP. >jph |
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| Subject: Re: Vista install loads BOOTSECT.BAK to second HDD |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup |
| Date: 6/27/2008 11:37:01 AM |
| From: bluefin [Email Address Protection] |
Vista always takes the intended partition as Drive C:, no matter how the arrangement of your hard disks. It only matters when all of your previous OS, e.g. XP, will become crippled. On Jun 26, 7:50=A0am, jamesph <jame...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > during install of Vista ultimate to new system with 2 x 750GB Sata HDD..I > partitioned 100GB of the first disk =A0(0) to take the Vista system. Wind= ows > asked where to put the installation and I highlighted the new partition b= ut > then it indicated it needed space to put what I thought it said was the > System Volume? and that there was enough space on the disk 1...now I thou= ght > it meant partition 1 and highlighted that and clicked yes in the dialogue > window...after the install I saw that it had placed a file of 8kb namely > BOOTSECT.BAK onto the second HDD. In disk management disks show as c: Sim= ple > Basic NTFS Healthy (Boot,Page File, Crash Dump, Primary partition) and th= e > second disk as D: simple Basic NTFS Healthy (System, Active,Primary > Partition)....Also Both disks show total storage as 698GB each ? Whats go= ing > on and can I do anything other than a new install ? If a new install is > needed (I havent activated vista yet) what should i do second time > around....thanks for any help > jph |
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| Subject: Re: Vista install loads BOOTSECT.BAK to second HDD |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup |
| Date: 6/27/2008 1:57:42 PM |
| From: andy [Email Address Protection] |
On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:30:01 -0700, jamesph <jamesph@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >Andy that url was general questions for vista eeerm did you mean a different >page? or what was the heading for the info you suggest Sorry, I copied the truncated link. <http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windows.vista.general/browse_thread/thread/a434fb8e883bfe76/e44fccdac924c871?hl=en&lnk=st&q=#e44fccdac924c871> In your situation, the disk that is called the XP disk is actually your Vista disk. |
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