Ignored boot order...

Boot order of my M/C has 3 entries in the following order: DVD, HD1, HD2.  All are recognized by the Device Manager.  However, at the start of HD1 is ignored and the machine starts with the HD2 as drive "C"!  How can I get to recognize HD1?  This surface of problem after recovering from a fall.

Your boot order is not ignored.  Probably, HD1 is checked first and the system is unable to recognize it as a bootable device (probably due to damage in the boot as a result of your accident sector).  It then goes to the next device where a boot device and start it from there.

Your best bet at a fast food (assuming that the HD1 is recognized as a drive after the boot for HD2) is to perform a check disk on HD1 operation using the 'repair' or ' / R ' option

"How to perform the disk error checking in Windows XP"

<>http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/315265 >

but depending on how damaged HD1 is, it may or may not be able to recover.

In any case, it is a good time to save your data.  In the end, it is possible that you will have to perhaps reformat the drive and reinstall Windows on it.

HTH,
JW

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