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Wireless keyboards & Dual boot
I’ve had earlier questions in this forum but this issue falls across thread boundaries and is as follows. I have Windows 7 HP 64bit on one HD and want to install Vista HP 64 bit on a second HD for Win 7 non-compliant programs, and set up a dual boot facility.
I have recently bought the MSFT Wireless Comfort Keyboard and Mouse 5000 set especially made for Win 7. However, the keyboard and mouse are completely dead until the pc has actually booted into the Windows desktop. Thus I can’t access the BIOS using wireless input.
This is not a unique problem as there are many similar complaints in several other forums, to which I have yet to see a solution. Presumably, the dual-boot window, as per example shown at the start of this particular forum, appears during the pre Windows booting sequence. If so, were I to set up a dual boot, I wouldn’t be able to select my required OS (Win 7 or Vista) unless I ditch my new keyboard and connect a PS2 keyboard instead.
Is there any other way of switching to another OS without using dual boot or changing the boot order in the BIOS (using a wired keyboard) which would enable me to use my wireless keyboard?
Any thoughts will be appreciated.
Pedro38