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Windows 7 - Two drives, two OSes, only one boot |
01-13-2012
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#1 | | Windows 7 Professional x64 |
Two drives, two OSes, only one boot Hi, sorry if this has already been talked but I just couldn't find an answer, and sorry if this is not the correct place to ask.
I have a Dell Inspiron 14R (N4010), I bought a Sammsung SSD and installed it. Then I made a fresh install of Windows 7 in it. Then I replaced the Optical Disk Drive with an adaptor with my old HDD in it.
The thing is, I have the two drives with two different OSes, but my BIOS only detects the Samsung SSD to boot from, the Hitachi drive detects it as an ODD and I can't boot from it, is there anything I can to boot from that drive?
| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell Inspiron 14R (N4010) OS Windows 7 Professional x64 CPU Intel Core i5 M450 2.4 GHz Memory 4,00 GB (2x2GB) Graphics Card Integrated graphics (Intel HD graphics) Hard Drives Samsung SSD 830 series 128 Gb
Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 500 GB 5,400 rpm |
01-13-2012
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#2 | | Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit |
Have you tried looking at your SATA/IDE settings in the BIOS? They should be easy to understand as you are trying to get the same settings as your SSD for the Hitachi drive. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom built OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit CPU AMD Phenom II X4 955BE OC'd @ 3.6GHz Motherboard ASUS M4A77 Memory 2x 2gb, 2x 1gb - Total 6gb Graphics Card ASUS ENGTX580 DCII/2DIS/1536MD5 Sound Card On-board Monitor(s) Displays LG Flatron W2453V Screen Resolution 1920x1080 60Hz Keyboard Microsoft Wired Keyboard 600 Mouse Canyon PSU Cooler Master Real Power M620 Case Antec Three Hundred Gaming Case Cooling Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Hard Drives 250gb Seagate Barracuda 7200.10
1TB Samsung F3 7200rpm Internet Speed Fibre speed, 100MB/s Other Info Macbook 13'' Late 2009 - 8gb RAM
Samsung N220P Netbook - 2gb RAM |
01-13-2012
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#3 | | Windows 7 Professional x64 |
Well, I looked but I couldn't find anything like "SATA/IDE settings" in the BIOS as you said | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell Inspiron 14R (N4010) OS Windows 7 Professional x64 CPU Intel Core i5 M450 2.4 GHz Memory 4,00 GB (2x2GB) Graphics Card Integrated graphics (Intel HD graphics) Hard Drives Samsung SSD 830 series 128 Gb
Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 500 GB 5,400 rpm |
01-13-2012
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#4 | | Vista and Windows7, sometimes Ubuntu and Fedora |
This looks like a laptop. The SSD you should run in AHCI mode. But I am hot sure what that will do to the converted optical drive attachment.
You are probably better off if you put your optical drive back in and run your old HDD from a PCI eSata Express card using an external eSata enclosure. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway - 2 laptops and 2 desktops OS Vista and Windows7, sometimes Ubuntu and Fedora CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to 2.5GHz Quad Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207 Keyboard with trackball - no mices Mouse terrible devices, who wants them Hard Drives 5x HDD, 2x SSD, 6x Externals Internet Speed DSL 6000 |
01-13-2012
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#5 | | Windows 7 Professional x64 |
Yes I know, I could just run the old Hitachi HDD from a usb port, but I just don't want to go everywhere with an extra hard drive, that's why I bought the adapter.
But as I said, the problem is that the BIOS won't detect the HDD as a bootable device/drive | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell Inspiron 14R (N4010) OS Windows 7 Professional x64 CPU Intel Core i5 M450 2.4 GHz Memory 4,00 GB (2x2GB) Graphics Card Integrated graphics (Intel HD graphics) Hard Drives Samsung SSD 830 series 128 Gb
Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 500 GB 5,400 rpm |
01-14-2012
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Have you tried unplugging your SSD and only having your HDD connected to see if the problem persist? | My System Specs | | OS Windows Ultimate x64 CPU Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU Q 3,3Ghz Motherboard Asus P67 B3 Revision (New) Memory 8 GB DDR3 RAM Graphics Card Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT SLI Monitor(s) Displays 2 Screen Resolution Double Monitor 1920x1080 Mouse Logitech Mx518 Hard Drives SSD
HDD |
01-14-2012
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#7 | | Windows 7 Professional x64 |
Nevermind, I solved the problem, it was the boot order.
It only said Hard Drive, USB, CD-ROM, Network..... But I found by accident that I could expand the Hard Drive options, and there were both drives XD
Thanks very much to everyone! | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell Inspiron 14R (N4010) OS Windows 7 Professional x64 CPU Intel Core i5 M450 2.4 GHz Memory 4,00 GB (2x2GB) Graphics Card Integrated graphics (Intel HD graphics) Hard Drives Samsung SSD 830 series 128 Gb
Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 500 GB 5,400 rpm |
02-11-2012
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I need some help doing this exact conversion. Mathius, can you link me the resources you used? Also, what adaptor did you use? Thanks! | My System Specs | | |
02-12-2012
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Does anyone have any advice or links that would help? I just bought a Crucial M4 that is sitting on my shelf | My System Specs | | Two drives, two OSes, only one boot problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 12:10 PM. |  |