How to make disk bootable?

I have dual boot and Vista is installed on drive D.
I want to disconnect (remove) C drive and make D the only disk.
How can I make it bootable?
I do not have any programs installed yet.
Jack

Hi,

Before you disconnect C:, run diskmgmt.msc and make D: active. Then boot the
system with the Vista DVD and run a startup repair.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Jack" <replyto@it> wrote in message
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>I have dual boot and Vista is installed on drive D.
> I want to disconnect (remove) C drive and make D the only disk.
> How can I make it bootable?
> I do not have any programs installed yet.
> Jack
>
>

I tried that.
Disk repair cannot repair.
Jack

"Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Before you disconnect C:, run diskmgmt.msc and make D: active. Then boot
> the system with the Vista DVD and run a startup repair.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "Jack" <replyto@it> wrote in message
> news:%23jqPXIyfIHA.1660@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>I have dual boot and Vista is installed on drive D.
>> I want to disconnect (remove) C drive and make D the only disk.
>> How can I make it bootable?
>> I do not have any programs installed yet.
>> Jack
>>
>>
>

Hi,

Check that the system BIOS is loading it as the primary boot device.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Jack" <replyto@it> wrote in message
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>I tried that.
> Disk repair cannot repair.
> Jack
>
> "Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:u2TJ0yyfIHA.2000@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>>
>> Before you disconnect C:, run diskmgmt.msc and make D: active. Then boot
>> the system with the Vista DVD and run a startup repair.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "Jack" <replyto@it> wrote in message
>> news:%23jqPXIyfIHA.1660@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>I have dual boot and Vista is installed on drive D.
>>> I want to disconnect (remove) C drive and make D the only disk.
>>> How can I make it bootable?
>>> I do not have any programs installed yet.
>>> Jack
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>

With only the Vista disk drive connected, follow steps 2 through 15 at
<http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windows.vista.general/browse_thread/thread/a434fb8e883bfe76/e44fccdac924c871?hl=en&lnk=st&q=#e44fccdac924c871> .

On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 21:33:55 -0500, "Jack" <replyto@it> wrote:

>I tried that.
>Disk repair cannot repair.
>Jack
>
>"Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
>news:u2TJ0yyfIHA.2000@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>>
>> Before you disconnect C:, run diskmgmt.msc and make D: active. Then boot
>> the system with the Vista DVD and run a startup repair.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "Jack" <replyto@it> wrote in message
>> news:%23jqPXIyfIHA.1660@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>I have dual boot and Vista is installed on drive D.
>>> I want to disconnect (remove) C drive and make D the only disk.
>>> How can I make it bootable?
>>> I do not have any programs installed yet.
>>> Jack
>>>
>>>
>>
>