Ultimate 7 x64 installed but no partition, won't boot

Hi guys,

I am running two versions of Windows 7 x64, one on each of two seaparate hard drives. One is Ultimate and the other is Enterprise. Not thinking clearly I installed Enterprise Trial and while the program runs fine I should have devoted the time to Ultimate, but I had been having problems with an earlier defective installation of Ultimate x64 so I decided to try Enterprise. Studpid mistake.

Ok, I installed Ultimate x64 and got all updates installed without any defects, and apparently ran fine. As said, I have that on one hard drive and Enterprise x64 on the second. I wanted to remove the Enterprise hard drive and install another hd with other programs and data on it--to eventually move everything to the new Ultimate hard drive.

When I disconnect Enterprise in the BIOS setup the computer won't boot with Ultimate? After doing some sleuthing around I find that only when Ent and Ult are both live in BIOS will it boot. It turns out the computer boots with Enterprise on the D drive and the System is Ultimate on the C drive. I have never experienced that before.

When I run diagnostic tests on the C drive it states that there is no partition, even though when I look at the system info in the Control Panel it states C: drive, everything ok, and all the programs on C run ok, and all folders can be accessed on C, as long as D was also live to boot. It just won't boot in C.

I don't want to reformat, establish a partition and lose all my time, effort, programs, data and updates to reinstall Ultimate x64. It took over a day to get the a new Ultimate installation where I want it.

Question. Can I solve this problem easily? Will one of the partition software programs solve the problem? I've tried rescue disk, and hard drive repair on the Ultimate x64 install DVD, but they don't solve the problem, simply say there is no partition.

Many thanks, TexasFrank

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