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SYMPTOMSAfter you set up Windows 95 on your computer, you can no longer boot from a different physical hard disk. CAUSE
The Windows 95 Setup program checks all the hard disks in your computer to
make sure that only one contains 80h in the DriveNumber field of the boot
sector. If more than one hard disk contains 80h in the DriveNumber field,
Setup changes the boot sector of all the hard disks so that only drive C
contains 80h in the DriveNumber field. Setup makes this change so that
Windows 95 can find the boot disk when you start the computer and recognize
the other drives.
WORKAROUNDYou can use either of the following methods to correct the DriveNumber field:
STATUSThis behavior is by design. MORE INFORMATIONWhen the Windows 95 Setup program finds more than one hard disk in a computer, it sets the DriveNumber field of all disks other than the boot disk (usually drive C) to 81h, even if you had the DriveNumber field of other disks set to 80h so the computer could be booted from them. Additional query words: scsi ide esdi
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