choose between windows 7 and Linux without bios change

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  1. Posts : 13,576
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #11

    And are you installing each OS with the other drive unplugged and making no changes to the bios during the whole procedure ?
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  2. Posts : 8
    windows 7 64 bit enterprice
    Thread Starter
       #12

    I have installed windows as an OS and the Linux too.
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  3. Posts : 20,583
    Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
       #13

    Sorry that doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me :/

    Removing the hdd with the first install and then installing the second os on the other hdd will insure both installs have their own boot loader.
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  4. Posts : 13,576
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #14

    michelvai said:
    I have installed windows as an OS and the Linux too.
    That does not answer my question in reply #11
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  5. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #15

    He must have unplugged the drive with the first OS when installing the second OS. Else he would have a double boot now. But it is pretty neat as is. Switching the OS with the BIOS is not your worst choice. 2 independent OS installations have their advantages - e.g. when you want to uninstall or change one of them.
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  6. Posts : 13,576
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #16

    That`s true, but why does he have to go into the bios ?

    He should be able to do it with the boot menu, but he can`t
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  7. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #17

    With the boot menue is another way. For that you need both systems in the bootmgr. But if you installed the 2 systems independently, then you need to go via the BIOS.
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  8. Posts : 1,109
    windows 7 professional 64 bit
       #18
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  9. Posts : 1,030
    Linux Mint / XP / Win7 Home, Pro, Ultimate / Win8.1 / Win10
       #19

    AddRAM said:
    That`s true, but why does he have to go into the bios ?

    He should be able to do it with the boot menu, but he can`t
    Um, I understand what he is doing. He goes into the BIOS to change the HD boot order because there is no boot loader that includes all of the OSes on the multiple drives. I've used that method for many years on numerous systems.

    I have also installed a "master" loader (GRUB2) on one of my systems so I don't need to change the drive order but that can present a different set of issues when adding, deleting or moving partitions and OSes.

    Regards,
    GEWB
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  10. Posts : 20,583
    Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
       #20

    If F8 is not the magic key for boot options then possibly F12 is :/
    One of my systems is even F10
    One is F12
    One is F8
    Very annoying to keep track of
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