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    Multiple operating systems on y500/y400.

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Kukri, May 19, 2013.

  1. Kukri

    Kukri Notebook Consultant

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    Alright, I've got a couple of questions about installing multiple OS on the y400. When I first got the laptop, I installed my SSD into the hard drive bay, and installed Windows 7 onto it. I still have the old 1TB hard drive with Windows 8 and the stock partitions that I connect to the y400 via USB for storage. Yesterday, I also reduced the main storage partition size, and used some of it to install a Linux OS (Ubuntu) successfully. So, I have W7 in the regular hard drive bay, and W8 and Ubuntu on the 1TB hard drive through USB.

    The issue is that I cannot boot up W8 from the USB. Is there any way to accomplish this? Granted, I probably have little~no use for the W8 installation, but it'd be nice to access it anyway without having to put it into the Hard Drive bay. Would it work if I had it plugged into the ultrabay SATA? I'm also considering buying an msata drive to put into the mini SATA bay, along with a hard drive caddy for the ultrabay, and just use the laptop with 3 different internal hard drives, each with a different OS installed :p.
     
    Kukri, May 19, 2013
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