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The computer BIOS will decide which will be read first.
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Why can't replaced hard drive boot to winxp?
Did you install Windows XP to the hard drive? New hard drives do not come with an operating system; to boot from it, you have to install one on it.
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Are boot sector viruses limited to hard drives?
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A recent Mac with an Intel processor can boot from a USB 2.0 Hard drive. Earlier Macs could only boot from a Firewire Hard drive. When you turn on the Mac hold down the Option (alt) key. This will cause the Mac to scan for all available bootable drives. Select the one you want to boot from and it will start up from that drive.
When two drives are connected to the same data cable connected to an IDE channel how does BIOS know which drive controls the controls the channel?
Cable Select or by the jumpers put on the hard drive
How can I create a Windows 7 and Ubuntu dual boot with Back ups for both on 2 hard drives?
I would suggest installing windows on one hard drive, then installing ubuntu on the same hard drive. Use the other hard drive for the backups (partition it).
An is a hard disk that can be removed from the system unit?
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How do you delete dual boot?
If they are on separate hard drives you can generally just delete/format the hard drive with the OS that you do not wish to keep. If they are on separate partitions on the same hard drive you may have to reinstall the bootloader after deleting/formatting the partition.
Will Ubuntu 7.10 be slower to boot up on an external hard drive?
It is likely to depend on the speed of the external hard drive, although most newer external hard drives have a reasonable speed, so it is likely you will be fine wi th using an external hard drive.
If there is no CD rom how to boot from hard drive?
A CD-ROM drive is not needed to boot the computer. Just put the hard drive first in the boot order in the BIOS.
How do you dual boot with two hard drives one Win XP and the other Win vista?
Most systems today have F10/Esc key into a boot menu at which time you can choose which hard drive to boot to, this works but there are better ways with a boot loader/manager. Lilo/magic etc...
How can you boot the operating system on an IBM ThinkPad 570 without the hard drive?
How do you get a computer to boot up with no hard drive? What are the steps or what is the process of getting a hard drive installed into your computer if it is not bootable because of a missing hard drive.
