Thanks Pegasus.
I wanted to replace the c: disk to a bigger one.
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> If all else fails then you may have to walk around the problem by
> leaving an old hard disk connected to your motherboard IDE
> controller, using it as a boot disk only. If so then it may be
> necessary to make some adjustments to your drive letters: If
> Windows was installed on drive C: then it must always be visible
> on drive C:. If it becomes drive D: due to your boot disk then
> it is possible to force it back to C:. Post again if you need further
> instructions.
>
>
> "Dmitry Kopnichev" <kopn@bk.ruDelete> wrote in message
> news:uacOAC28FHA.3048@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > Thanks Pegasus.
> > The boot process stops after successfully initializing HDDs connected to
> the
> > "Promise Ultra100 TX2", before starting to boot Windows.
> > The message says that I should insert a boot disk.
> > "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message
> > news:Ojt8lI18FHA.808@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > >
> > > "Dmitry Kopnichev" <kopn@bk.ruDelete> wrote in message
> > > news:eI1Vm108FHA.3132@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > >> Hello
> > >> Please, Help! How to make my Windows XP SP2 boot from a HDD "Samsung
> > >> SP2514N" (133mbit/s) connected to PCI IDE Controller "Promise
Ultra100
> > > TX2"?
> > >> I copied old bootable HDD to the new HDD using "Samsung Disk
Manager".
> I
> > > can
> > >> boot from the new HDD when I connect it to "Chaintech 6btm" mainboard
> IDE
> > >> controller only. "Chaintech 6btm" mainboard IDE controller is UDMA2
> > >> (33mbit/s) only. I tried all possible boot sequences in the mainboard
> > > BIOS.
> > >> The Windows XP Recovery Console from the CD sees the Windows XP
> > > installation
> > >> on the new HDD as on disk D:. System does not boot if I set D: as the
> > > first
> > >> boot drive in the mainboard BIOS.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > > - How far does the boot process go with the Promise controller?
> > > - What messages do you see on the screen when the boot process fails?
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

"Richard Urban" wrote:
> I guess that explains why there are 15 of the same basic
> question in a 24 hour period - almost every day. Because
> people come here and read for a while before they ask
> the same question a 16th time!


You only know about those who don't read the newsgroup
or don't research Google.
Those who do - you don't know about.

*TimDaniels*

It doesn't matter whether it's Master or Slave, and it doesn't
matter which IDE channel it's on - ch. 0 or ch. 1. What matters
is whether the hard drive is at the head of the HD boot order
in the BIOS. *That* HD's MBR will get control. The MBR will
then pass control to the Boot Sector of the partition marked
"active". That partition is expected to have the boot loader
(ntldr), the boot menu (boot.ini), and the environment detection
routine (ntdetect.com). Then, according to the default set in
boot.ini (or the keyboard input in selection of which OS to boot),
the OS will be loaded from which ever parition is designated.

To repeat: Look at the HD boot order in the BIOS. The HD that
you want to get control must be at the head of that list. If it's at
the head of that list, it doesn't matter whether it's Master or Slave,
on channel 0 or channel 1.

*TimDaniels*


"Dmitry Kopnichev" wrote:
> Thanks Richard.
> My disk has only one partition. Is it the "primary" partition.
> Have I to set the HDD as first master on the Promise Ultra100 TX2",
> or I can leave it as second master?
>
> "Richard Urban" wrote:
>> It depends upon what type of partition is on the drive. If it is a
>> "primary" partition, you have to set that partition as "active".
>> There can be only one active partition at a time and this is the
>> partition the computer boots from.

Thanks Timothy.
I set the disk to first master and the system booted from the disk.
My current problem: There are only 18 GB of files and folders on the disk,
but Windows XP SP2 shows that 120 GB are occupied. How to make Windows see
all free space? Windows showed some bad clusters on the disk, but Samsung
check disk utility shows the disk is healthy. Windows began to show that 120
GB are occupied after full disk check by its check capability.
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> It doesn't matter whether it's Master or Slave, and it doesn't
> matter which IDE channel it's on - ch. 0 or ch. 1. What matters
> is whether the hard drive is at the head of the HD boot order
> in the BIOS. *That* HD's MBR will get control. The MBR will
> then pass control to the Boot Sector of the partition marked
> "active". That partition is expected to have the boot loader
> (ntldr), the boot menu (boot.ini), and the environment detection
> routine (ntdetect.com). Then, according to the default set in
> boot.ini (or the keyboard input in selection of which OS to boot),
> the OS will be loaded from which ever parition is designated.
>
> To repeat: Look at the HD boot order in the BIOS. The HD that
> you want to get control must be at the head of that list. If it's at
> the head of that list, it doesn't matter whether it's Master or Slave,
> on channel 0 or channel 1.
>
> *TimDaniels*
>
>
> "Dmitry Kopnichev" wrote:
> > Thanks Richard.
> > My disk has only one partition. Is it the "primary" partition.
> > Have I to set the HDD as first master on the Promise Ultra100 TX2",
> > or I can leave it as second master?
> >
> > "Richard Urban" wrote:
> >> It depends upon what type of partition is on the drive. If it is a
> >> "primary" partition, you have to set that partition as "active".
> >> There can be only one active partition at a time and this is the
> >> partition the computer boots from.
>

"Dmitry Kopnichev" wrote:
> My current problem: There are only 18 GB of files and folders
> on the disk, but Windows XP SP2 shows that 120 GB are
> occupied. How to make Windows see all free space? Windows
> showed some bad clusters on the disk, but Samsung check disk
> utility shows the disk is healthy. Windows began to show that
> 120 GB are occupied after full disk check by its check capability.


I don't know the answer to that, but it might help to say
what utility you used to determine the free space available
and whether it's showing free space on the *disk* or free
space within a partition. (Disk Management shows free
space within each partition.) Have you run the defragmenter
utility?

*TimDaniels*

Thanks Timothy.
I used TreeFolders and DriveUse. They show that data occupies only 18 GB
too.
I have not run the defragmenter utility yet.
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> "Dmitry Kopnichev" wrote:
> > My current problem: There are only 18 GB of files and folders
> > on the disk, but Windows XP SP2 shows that 120 GB are
> > occupied. How to make Windows see all free space? Windows
> > showed some bad clusters on the disk, but Samsung check disk
> > utility shows the disk is healthy. Windows began to show that
> > 120 GB are occupied after full disk check by its check capability.
>
>
> I don't know the answer to that, but it might help to say
> what utility you used to determine the free space available
> and whether it's showing free space on the *disk* or free
> space within a partition. (Disk Management shows free
> space within each partition.) Have you run the defragmenter
> utility?
>
> *TimDaniels*