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    Booting off 2nd HDD

    Discussion in 'HP' started by KumquatWrath, Nov 27, 2012.

  1. KumquatWrath

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    Hey everyone, during the summer I was able to upgrade to an SSD, so I placed my original HDD in the optical bay drive. Today though, I tried to go back and boot off my regular HDD, but I couldn't find in boot options (they both run Win7), which puzzles me because a couple weeks earlier I was able to do it just fine. Can anyone help me with this? :confused: I'm not sure if the drive is just hidden or something else..
     
    KumquatWrath, Nov 27, 2012
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    bios mod require i think
     
    Rhadamanthis, Nov 27, 2012
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    Do you know where I would find this?
     
    KumquatWrath, Nov 27, 2012
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    not exist!!!!!!! no modder can try to mod bios, bios hp is digitally signed.!!!
     
    Rhadamanthis, Nov 28, 2012
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    I'm not trying to mod anything, just want to boot off my 2nd HDD.

    Sent from my SCH-I405 using Tapatalk
     
    KumquatWrath, Nov 28, 2012
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    Can it detect your HDD when u enter Boot Menu Selection?
     
    xAcid9, Nov 28, 2012
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    That's the menu that I can't find I think. Whenever I go to boot options, it only gives me "Windows 7," not boot from Hard drive 1 or 2.
     
    KumquatWrath, Nov 28, 2012
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    Spam F9 when u power on your laptop.
     
    xAcid9, Nov 29, 2012
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    I will try that tomorrow and let you guys know how things turn out. hopefully it works x:

    Sent from my SCH-I405 using Tapatalk
     
    KumquatWrath, Nov 29, 2012
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    Sorry for the late reply, but it works! That was the button I was looking foor haha. +rep xAcid, thanks!
     
    KumquatWrath, Dec 3, 2012
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