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How to make choice of whaich HD to boot into?

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briab guy   06-16-2009 at 03:52:12 AM

I added a new HD to my PC so I could mess around with 7.
Both are Western and SATA.
It will boot into one or the other, but I have no choice unless i make a change in the BIOS.
Is there another way to pick which HD I want to boot into besides the BIOS?
thanks

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Shadow703793   06-16-2009 at 04:07:58 AM
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It shouldn't be that hard. There should be a short cut key (ie F12, F1,etc. Check your motherboard manual) to get access to the BIOS boot menu. I boot in to Win 7 using this method. Main reason I recommend you NOT using the Windows boot loader is that it can lead to problems if you decide not to upgrade to Win 7.

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briab guy   06-17-2009 at 04:31:12 AM
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Thanks for the reply Shadow. Its the Del key on my intel MB for the BIOS, but I don't want to have to bother with that every time I boot up.
I found what i was looking for here (pretty cheap) or build it at nxt link below.
buy:
http://www.thesataswitch.com/buy.htm

build:
http://www.extremetech.com/article [...] 666,00.asp

thanks again
B

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