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    Boot Asus ux31la from drive 'd' instead of 'c'

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by g2c, Jan 16, 2014.

  1. g2c

    g2c Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello everyone

    Sorry if this sounds elementary, This machine is new (to me) and i am afraid to destroy it.
    I am evaluating backup software and am testing by recovering to an old desktop's (extra sata) drive. Now i'd like to do the real recovery and recover 'c' image to drive 'd' of my ux31la. I am not familiar with the boot options and would very much appreciate if somebody could guide me. The machine had 2 128GB ssd disks 'c' is the os and 'd' "data". My 'd' is currently empty. How can i instruct the bios to boot from 'd'?
    Thanks in advance for your help

    Guy
     
    g2c, Jan 16, 2014
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  2. Support.3@XOTIC PC

    Support.3@XOTIC PC Company Representative

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    Before you can boot from D you have to put an OS on it.
    You should be able to do this with your back up software by directing it to make your back up on the D drive. Once thats been done you can then tell the BIOS to use the D drive as the first HDD boot option.

    Just curious why are you doing that, it will perform exactly the same as booting from C.
     
    Support.3@XOTIC PC, Jan 16, 2014
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  3. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    He wants to see if the software is up to snuff. Use it and then select d as boot in the bios.

    Just make sure c and d are different physical drives and not just a single drive in two logical partitions.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jan 16, 2014
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  4. Kevin@GenTechPC

    Kevin@GenTechPC Company Representative

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    I think this would be the simplest thing to do, and less risky.
    Take the old drive out with your data inside, install OS onto the new drive.
    Once the OS is ready to use, attach the old drive, then access it to retrieve your data directly.
     
    Kevin@GenTechPC, Jan 18, 2014
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    Prostar Computer Company Representative

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    This. If you do in fact have two physical drives, all you need to do to boot from D is change the Hard Drive BBS priority in the BIOS setup (repeatedly tap or hold F2 at startup to access BIOS, then navigate to boot options). If they're identical SSDs, it might be difficult to discern which is which. You'll simply have to move up the one further down the list and see if it boots from it.

    It might be wise to have a backup image of your C: (OS) drive, just in case things go south. You can create it using the recovery drive feature, or by creating a system image to a DVD(s) (both options are through the Windows Control Panel).
     
    Prostar Computer, Jan 21, 2014
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