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    Dual Boot on second HDD trouble

    Discussion in 'HP' started by azhtar, Jul 23, 2007.

  1. azhtar

    azhtar Newbie

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    I have a problem with my DV9074cl, it has dual 100GB HDD´s, WIN XP MCE 2005 Preinstalled,but i can´t install windows vista on the second drive, the installer adevices me that this computer´s hardware may not support booting to that disk and ask´s me to ensure that the disk controller is enabled in the computer´s BIOS menu, but, the BIOS doesn´t offer me this option.

    Can anybody help me?
     
    azhtar, Jul 23, 2007
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  2. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    make sure the 2 are not in raid funcion
     
    Thomas, Jul 23, 2007
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  3. huzier

    huzier Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a dv9500t with dual 100g hard drives that I boot vista off one HD and XP off the other.

    I had no option in the bios to select boot drive so I use Acronis OS Selector which is a component included with Acronis disc director. OS selector allows me to select which HD to boot / install from.
     
    huzier, Jul 23, 2007
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  4. SideSwipe

    SideSwipe Notebook Virtuoso

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    wat u on about hc1, it doesnt offer RAID lol

    yup the BIOS doesnt offer booting from the second drive, you need a boot manager for that.
     
    SideSwipe, Jul 23, 2007
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