<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">I can't answer the WIndows qustions but you said 3TB drive. Have you seen this: <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2089464/three-year-27-000-drive-study-reveals-the-most-reliable-hard-drive-makers.html">http://www.pcworld.com/article/2089464/three-year-27-000-drive-study-reveals-the-most-reliable-hard-drive-makers.html</a><br>?<br><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 10:29 AM, Paul Cartwright <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pbcartwright@gmail.com" target="_blank">pbcartwright@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">ok, I know, this is a linux group... but I don't know where else to turn.<br>
My desktop original HD1 stopped booting, so I got a new 3TB drive. I can<br>
still get to the old drive using my new fantastic IED-SATA $10 gizmo..<br>
so I partitioned my "NEW" HD1 so windows is still on sda3 like it was<br>
before, and I copied all the old files into it. When I boot I am<br>
getting the File: \Boot\BCD error attempting to read Boot<br>
configuration. on sda3 there is a \Boot\BCD.<br>
When I run my Windows 7 rescue CD it asks for the driver CD which... I<br>
can't find. I have tried downloading all the device driver files from<br>
Dell, but nothing seems to work. It doesn't like the R*.exe files and<br>
every folder that has the drivers in them, I have clicked on every file<br>
and it still tells me error.. What I DON'T have is the driver for the<br>
ST3000DM001 3TB HD.. and the original was a 2TB HD..<br>
when I boot the rescue CD it doesn't show my HD, and wants drivers. If I<br>
click NEXT anyway, then command prompt, I can run :<br>
bootrec /rebuildbcd . It comes back with a "found c:\Windows" use<br>
Y/N/A.. I click Y and.... errors out.<br>
<br>
I'm tempted to just install Windows 10 preview. Since I have Windows 7,<br>
it will be a free upgrade. Question is, can you do a dual-boot with<br>
Windows 10?? anyone done that??<br>
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Paul Cartwright<br>
Registered Linux User #367800 and new counter #561587<br>
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