Topic: 2 Harddrives One Pc (Read 151 times)

SYNTAX;ERROR · « **on:** January 28, 2004, 08:26:00 AM »

i have been trying to get my pc to give me a selection of which os boots on each harddrive i have win 98 on one and xp on the other.
i have done this before but cant seem to do what i did before i have tried jumpers but get only the ability to access a harddrive from one to the other via my computer.
do i need to configure jumpers or is it ide cable location i tried this too but had no luck.

SYNTAX;ERROR · « **Reply #1 on:** January 28, 2004, 11:04:00 AM »

i never did that before i wish to select which harddrive boots each time i turn my computer.as one harddrive is for me one is for my mother

SYNTAX;ERROR · « **Reply #2 on:** January 28, 2004, 04:05:00 PM »

says 30 secs what does that mean it dont stop for one nano second when it boots

SYNTAX;ERROR · « **Reply #3 on:** January 29, 2004, 01:17:00 AM »

no one knows hey

SYNTAX;ERROR · « **Reply #4 on:** January 29, 2004, 05:51:00 AM »

i have win xp on both drives now i have tryed master slave master master slave slave i have tryed every other combination i can think of. also i have tryed all four ide sockets.
all i get is one boots and can access other with my computer and nither boot and it says analising network media. what jumper settings do i need and does it matter what ide cables they are attached too.

SYNTAX;ERROR · « **Reply #5 on:** January 29, 2004, 06:46:00 AM »

if i set one to master its os boots and i can access the slave via my computer yes i see both i just cant chose which boots only by changing jumpers. i done this before by accident it gives you 30secs to select which drive you want to boot from

SYNTAX;ERROR · « **Reply #6 on:** January 29, 2004, 07:44:00 AM »

i never did any thing before it just worked i never relealised how hard this is to achieve

SYNTAX;ERROR · « **Reply #7 on:** January 29, 2004, 11:13:00 AM »

i did go to bios but it made little diffrence it just change a media network scan into booting one os off one of the harddrives.

quall · « **Reply #8 on:** January 30, 2004, 08:21:00 PM »

And the 30 seconds is the timer for choosing OS's. When it runs out, it will boot the one you ontop of. I have mine set to 3 seconds.

Althoughm I only have one OS, different boot screens.

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