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Question posted by robertwood4971 on January 29th, 2021

Computer Drive Hardware Configuration

How do I fix the windows could not start because of a computer disk Hardware configuration problem

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Answer #1: Posted by radhaboge on January 29th, 2021 8:26 AM

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Computer disk hardware configuration problem (Windows 7 boot) Hi all, Here's what's happened... i have Windows 7 on a 500GB SATA hd running fine. Yesterday I decided to install Windows XP Pro SP3 on a spare 160GB SATA HDD which I have, and I did this via the notebook upgrade bay (2nd HDD caddy) where the DVD drive would be. I left my 500GB internal (Windows 7) HDD in the computer and during the XP setup DVD specified for it to install on the 160GB HDD. The problem is every time I boot my computer, it tries to boot XP.. even if i change the boot sequence or try to manually boot the internal HDD from the boot menu... i tried to remove the 160GB XP hard drive hoping that this would leave the computer to boot the 500GB Windows 7 x64 OS... But instead i get this message on the screen.. "Windows could not start because of a computer disk hardware configuration problem. Could not read from the selected boot disk. Check boot path and disk hardware. Please check the documentation about hardware disk configuration and your hardware reference manuals for additional information." Can anyone give me any advice on what I need to do to be able to boot properly into my Windows 7 HDD again? I have Hirens BootCD at my disposal and have managed to boot into Windows 7 fine using the option presented on the first screen. After a reboot the message above returns...

Answer #2: Posted by hzplj9 on January 29th, 2021 9:57 AM

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Not sure if that is an answer or another request for help. The probable reason for the drive not to boot could be that the partition is not set as an active partition. Try running Fdisk and set the boot partition that you want to be active and then try.

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