Changing the Windows XP boot disk?

Question

Windows

Hello.
A couple of years ago, as a result of a mess with hard drives, I put the system on the D:\ drive. I don't remember the exact details, but it happened. The bootloader naturally fit into C: \, as a result of which not a single disk can be disconnected.
I want to know if there is a way to transfer the bootloader to the disk with the system without reinstalling, because I don’t want to install everything again. A Google search didn't turn up anything, so I'm posting here.

Answer 1

I had the same problem, solved with the help of Windows Recovery Disk.
In the menu, select MBR recovery.

Answer 2

I would do this:
1) copy from root C: ntldrto boot.iniroot D:.
2) boot into the Recovery Console , run the command fixboot d:that will write the correct boot sector.
3) reboot back.
4) In diskmgmt.msc (launched via Run), mark partition D: as active.

Answer 3

It's probably easier:
1. Acronis LiveCD - TrueImage to make an image of the C: / partition from the first disk (we are primarily interested in MBR, although it can be restored even easier), save it to D: / * .tib
2. Disable the first disk !! !, run from LiveCD DiskDirector, reduce the size of the D:/ partition so that one more partition can be created from the beginning of the disk. (Before that, it is desirable to backup important files from D: /, you can on the 1st disk).
3. Restore the TrueImage image (to the partition created at the beginning of the 2nd disk) and MBR to the 2nd disk.

Answer 4

There is such a thing tqcrunas, which allows you to run something with pre-filled credentials. The launch script itself is an encrypted file. Quite convenient.

Answer 5

Thanks