Windows Prot. Err. when removing hard drive

I have a Gateway Select 750. I currently have three physical hard
drives. The third one has started developing errors so I copied its
entire contents to one of the other (larger) drives and attempted to
remove the problem drive from the system.

I went into the CMOS and selected 'disabled' for that drive's
configuration. Then I disconnected the cables from the drive and
rebooted. During the reboot, I get the error message "Windows Protection
Error You must restart your computer" The computer hangs.

This occurs if I change the CMOS setting without unplugging the drive
cables, Disconnect the drive cables without changing the CMOS or both.

Anyone know what my problem may be?

Thanks,
Charlie

You need to give more info - like what OSs do you have in the machine and
where they are booting from. And how you copied the drive's contents to the
other drives. you also need to ms's site and search on Windows
Protectioin Error.


"Charles Lawrence" <> wrote in message
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> I have a Gateway Select 750. I currently have three physical hard
> drives. The third one has started developing errors so I copied its
> entire contents to one of the other (larger) drives and attempted to
> remove the problem drive from the system.
>
> I went into the CMOS and selected 'disabled' for that drive's
> configuration. Then I disconnected the cables from the drive and
> rebooted. During the reboot, I get the error message "Windows Protection
> Error You must restart your computer" The computer hangs.
>
> This occurs if I change the CMOS setting without unplugging the drive
> cables, Disconnect the drive cables without changing the CMOS or both.
>
> Anyone know what my problem may be?
>
> Thanks,
> Charlie
>