diff --git a/docs/history.txt b/docs/history.txt
index bc3619a..1012007 100644
--- a/docs/history.txt
+++ b/docs/history.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
     * allow creating, renaming and deleting volume labels using FCBs
     * fix renaming with wildcards using FCBs
     * some dosfns.c and fcbfns.c clean-ups
+    * booting from hard disk now always sets the default drive to C:,
+      not D: if booting from the second physical hard disk, etc (bug #1062).
 2002 Feb 9 - Build 2026
 -------- Bart Oldeman (bart@dosemu.org)
 + Changes Tom
diff --git a/kernel/kernel.asm b/kernel/kernel.asm
index 02969eb..19a87c4 100644
--- a/kernel/kernel.asm
+++ b/kernel/kernel.asm
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ cont:		; inititalize api stacks for high water tests
 
 		inc	bl
 		jns	floppy
-		add	bl,3-1-128
+		mov	bl,3            ; set to C: if hard disk
 floppy:		mov	byte [_BootDrive],bl ; tell where we came from
 
 ;!!		int	11h
diff --git a/kernel/main.c b/kernel/main.c
index bdf0f95..671fcb1 100644
--- a/kernel/main.c
+++ b/kernel/main.c
@@ -151,26 +151,21 @@ VOID ASMCFUNC FreeDOSmain(void)
                         */    
                         
   if (fmemcmp(MK_FP(0x50,0xe0+2),"CONFIG",6) == 0)      /* UPX */
-        {
-        fmemcpy(&InitKernelConfig, MK_FP(0x50,0xe0+2), sizeof(InitKernelConfig));
+  {
+    fmemcpy(&InitKernelConfig, MK_FP(0x50,0xe0+2), sizeof(InitKernelConfig));
     
-    BootDrive = *(BYTE FAR *)MK_FP(0x50,0xe0);
-
-        BootDrive ++;
+    BootDrive = *(BYTE FAR *)MK_FP(0x50,0xe0) + 1;
         
     if ((unsigned)BootDrive >= 0x80)
-        BootDrive += 3-1-128;
+      BootDrive = 3; /* C: */
     
-    
-    *(DWORD FAR *)MK_FP(0x50,0xe0+2) = 0;
-     
-    } 
+    *(DWORD FAR *)MK_FP(0x50,0xe0+2) = 0; 
+  } 
   else
-    {       
-
-        fmemcpy(&InitKernelConfig, &LowKernelConfig, sizeof(InitKernelConfig));
-    }
-
+  {
+    fmemcpy(&InitKernelConfig, &LowKernelConfig, sizeof(InitKernelConfig));
+  }
+  
   setvec(0, int0_handler);      /* zero divide */
   setvec(1, empty_handler);     /* single step */
   setvec(3, empty_handler);     /* debug breakpoint */