[Russ3]

Recently I removed a second/extra hard drive I had put into my computer. Now when the computer starts it goes to a black screen with the following message:

Drive 1 not found: Serial ATA, SATA-2
Strike the F1 key to continue, F2 to run the setup utility

If I strike F1 then it boots normally with no problems. But it is annoying to have to do this each time. Is there a way to get the computer to stop looking for this drive that I removed?

Here are specs for my computer:

Dell Tower Optiplex GX280
3.2GHz processor
1Gb of RAM originally with another 1Gb added
80Gb SATA hard drive with second 250Gb added and then later removed
http://support.dell..../ug/specs02.htm


Thanks!

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we need to check your boot.ini file
Click Start... click Run... type in sysdm.cpl click OK
Click on the Advanced tab... click Settings
In the Startup and Recovery area at the bottom click Settings
Under System Startup click Edit... Boot.ini file will open in Notepad...
copy and paste it in your reply...

[happyrock]

we need to check your boot.ini file
Click Start... click Run... type in sysdm.cpl click OK
Click on the Advanced tab... click Settings
In the Startup and Recovery area at the bottom click Settings
Under System Startup click Edit... Boot.ini file will open in Notepad...
copy and paste it in your reply...

[Russ3]

Ok, thanks. Here's the contents of boot.ini...

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

[happyrock]

did you by chance accidentally swap the drive cables when you removed the drive...
if not...
boot into the bios and set the drive to the first drive in the boot order...then F10 to save your changes and reboot

[Russ3]

Thanks. Once in BIOS I saw where you could disable/turn-off drives so I just turned off drive 1 and that did the trick.

[happyrock]

your welcome...