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Boot Drive Only Successfully Boots with Second Hard Drive
Although my Disk 0 (see attached Computer Management jpg) displays itself as the boot drive, it will not boot up alone. I must power up a second drive (labeled Disk 1) to view Disk 0. I understand the need to use the BIOS to point to the Boot Drive and Boot Priority, and have done this each time.
- This is not a BSOD issue.
- I have multiple W7 operating systems installed. One on Disk 0 and one on Disk 1. I am offered a choice when booting from Disk 1, to choose operating systems and I select the one located on Disk 0. (Verified by the jpg file.)
- But with only the Disk 0 receiving power, I get a message that the drive will not boot unless I insert a bootable disk.
- However, with both the Disk 0 and the Disk 1 drive receiving power, I manually change the BIOS to point to Disk 1 to allow both drives to be viewed successfully.
I would just like to use Disk 0, but since it will not boot by itself, (even though it shows it is the bootable drive), I must be doing something wrong. How can I use only Disk 0?