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    DV7-1270us Boot from drive D? - USB boot?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Megalomando, Oct 13, 2009.

  1. Megalomando

    Megalomando Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi,

    Running the latest factory Bios F.2C 8/24/09

    I want to have XP and Win 7 installed with a dual boot option. I wanted XP on a smaller drive so I removed the 280GB drive and installed XP. I couldn't find sound drivers so decided to put the original drive in drive C and the one with XP in the second bay.

    I'm used to being able to select the boot drive from within bios but I see no options in this bios. Installing win 7 on drive C I did not end up with a dual boot option as I expected I would have.

    I also see no option to boot from a USB drive.

    Is there a simple solution to being able to have a dual boot?

    Any way to boot from a USB drive?

    Thanks!
     
    Megalomando, Oct 13, 2009
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