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Shane:
I see folders there from windows being on that drive, dont see the windows folder though.
I also wonder if the boot sector on the drive is still set for windows and might be why it is being seen as a windows drive.
Shane
xenon:
easy bcd does not see b as a bootable drive for windows only c
jraju:
It is better that you fresh install the windows.
xenon:
upgrade would be prefered but thts not possible at this time , fresh install would loose to many non replacable programs
jraju:
hi-xenon
I also agree repair install would be the best course. But it depends on not only the dvd you have in your disk.
Upgrade will not work, if suppose, you update any service pack in the system which is not present in your dvd. There is no other option. You cannot roll back your service pack. There will be no of solutions, but no one will work. I have tried slip streaming techniques, but it is not working. There are plenty of programs in this regard which will not work, because, if you updated your service pack, there is a back up file created and all the files are stored in different system folders. There by, if you insert and get in to the menu of upgrade, it will check your dvd which is lower version, when compared to the hard disk which is having higher version. So, there will be a message showing that the version you are trying to upgrade is already present in the system and it will not go any further. I hope you understand this. I have tried slip streaming thro the techniques, by trying to remove the service pack already installed. There is no solution for this. Once installed, it is not possible to remove from the system, because it will not allow you and you will be given error message, whatever the solution you come across. So, only i advise you to fresh install, though you lose your other programs.
Hi Shane, would not system tool's Windows easy transer would come in help for mr.xenon to copy the entire thing to another computer and then reinstall fresh os in the problematic computer. I will also try another solutions, if any, in copying safely all the programs to another computer.
Hi xenon, there is Windows easy transfer a tool available in Windows 7, which will just allow to copy all the contents of the computer to another computer in a easy way. You have to go to Run command, and then type migwiz and you can see the wizard helping you all the way. I do not know, whether it keeps the program in c drive. Please note that nothing is deleted from old computer, when copying ok. This may help you even in transfering your user accounts to the new computer. Googling for help, will enable to find whether the user programs could be transfered. I will also try to add.
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