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BBS = BIOS Boot Screen.
Press F8 to choose drive you want to boot.
If you want to try Dual or Multi booting via BBS, suggest you first do it with your new install, by unplugging all other drives during install, then setting target HD as first HD to boot in BIOS setup (after DVD).
After install plug the HD's back in and boot them via BBS. 32 bit WIn7 may need to have it's System MBR recovered from XP to boot on its own, then the Windows Dual boot can be removed at msconfig>Boot or using EasyBCD Remove tab.
Have you installed 64 bit Win7 to the new HD yet? I think you should do that first with the other HD's unplugged to test that your BIOS will indeed boot multiple HD's separately from the BiosBootScreen.
You will need to set the 64 bit target HD as first to boot in BIOS (after DVD) for install, but afterward change that back to present Boot HD so your computer starts up to the Dual Boot Menu as usual. Then try starting the new 64 bit Win7 install HD from the BBS.
Once you confirm this with your new install and decide this is the way you want to boot all of your HD's then post back a screenshot of your full Disk Management drive map and listings with all drives plugged. Use Snipping tool in Start Menu. We will give you the steps to do a full BIOS-managed multi-boot via BBS.
Last edited by gregrocker; 09 Jul 2010 at 21:44.
many thanks.
The 64 bit version has not arrived as yet, and I will be away for a few days, so I'll get in touch in a couple of weeks, with luck.
Thanks again for your advice.
Bob
All you have to do is boot off the Win7 64bit disc and make sure to install to the correct drive. This will give you a triple boot menu. No need to unplug drives or use BBS popup (F8).
It is always a good idea to have a multi boot PC. When one OS won't boot, or something goes wrong, you always have others that will boot.
When a Windows-managed Dual- or Multi-boot is established in cases where each OS is on a separate HD, the HD's become interdependent and cannot come and go as you please. This is not optimal for most users who keep such a rack of HD's.
What works better in these cases is installing each OS with the other HD's unplugged and then boot each via the BIOS boot order or the BBS key - if the mobo has such a key.
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