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    Vaio boot priority

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by slash23, Sep 2, 2013.

  1. slash23

    slash23 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a Vaio VPCZ1 with a Toshiba SSD and a Seagate HD in the hd caddy, both are the same clone from the same old Vaio default HD, both have the recovery partition and the windows partition

    How can I choose which one to boot? Vaio automatically boots from the SSD and there's no way to choose the HD

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    these are the screen from my BIOS, no way to boot from the HD with every selection on Boot priority menu

    the only way I found is to disconnect the SSD, then the PC boots on the HD

    is there a way to choose the Seagate to boot?

    Thanks
     
    slash23, Sep 2, 2013
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    slash23 Notebook Enthusiast

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    solved by myself
     
    slash23, Sep 3, 2013
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    ngvuanh Notebook Deity

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    Why you want to boot from a slow HD? just wondering.
     
    ngvuanh, Sep 4, 2013
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  4. slash23

    slash23 Notebook Enthusiast

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    to modify system partition size on ssd
    to have a support OS if the main one fail
     
    slash23, Sep 4, 2013
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    anytimer Notebook Virtuoso

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    Mind telling us how you did it?
     
    anytimer, Sep 4, 2013
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  6. slash23

    slash23 Notebook Enthusiast

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    with the utility EasyBCD
     
    slash23, Sep 4, 2013
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