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May 1, 2008 at 2:41 am #2147898

IDE HDD removed, now PC won’t boot and gives ‘Hardware Configuration Error’

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by djbazzsta · about 14 years ago

I had a 160GB IDE HDD and a 160GB SATA HDD connected to my board and then removed the IDE HDD. My OS was stored on the SATA Drive, and the IDE Drive was empty, but when I removed the IDE Drive, Windows won’t boot up and says that I have a hardware configuration error. Is it possible to change some settings in the BIOS or something to get the SATA drive booting again without putting the IDE Drive back?

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- May 1, 2008 at 2:41 am #2566117
  
  Clarifications
  
  by djbazzsta · about 14 years ago
  
  In reply to IDE HDD removed, now PC won’t boot and gives ‘Hardware Configuration Error’
  
  Clarifications
- May 1, 2008 at 4:52 am #2566103
  
  my bad
  
  by djbazzsta · about 14 years ago
  
  In reply to IDE HDD removed, now PC won’t boot and gives ‘Hardware Configuration Error’
  
  sorry, looks like my OS was installed on the IDE Drive, because installing Windows on the SATA Drive sorted it all out….
- May 1, 2008 at 6:49 am #2566065
  
  Or more likely the Starting Files for the OS where stored
  
  by oh smeg · about 14 years ago
  
  In reply to IDE HDD removed, now PC won’t boot and gives ‘Hardware Configuration Error’
  
  In the Hardware Default C Drive which is always the IDE Drive.
  
  When you pull the Default Boot drive the Files that start the OS running or at least loading are no longer present so you get the Hardware Configuration Error.
  
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