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Boot SATA or IDE drive

Postby wm5288 on Tue Jan 20, 2009 7:04 pm

My computer has Windows Vista with SATA and IDE connectors.
The original drive (Seagate) is on the SATA connector. I installed a second drive (Maxtor), which has no startup files, on the IDE connector. I select the Seagate drive in boot menu, but each time I restart, it tries to boot from the Maxtor drive.
How can I resolve this?
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Re: Boot SATA or IDE drive

Postby Maximiliam on Wed Jan 21, 2009 7:05 am

It should be resolved in boot drive priority in bios. Make sure your sata drive is on top of the list. To furhter help you on your problem, i need to know what motherboard you have, make and model.
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Re: Boot SATA or IDE drive

Postby wm5288 on Wed Jan 21, 2009 4:06 pm

I found this info:
Manufacturer: Asus
Motherboard Name: M2N68-LA
HP/Compaq motherboard name: Narra2-GL8E

The Maxtor drive is listed first in boot menu HD Group. I don't see a way to change this in the boot menu. How do I change this?
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Re: Boot SATA or IDE drive

Postby Maximiliam on Wed Jan 21, 2009 4:29 pm

Does it not say what keys to press in the right hand side of the menu? Try + or -
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Re: Boot SATA or IDE drive

Postby wm5288 on Thu Jan 22, 2009 2:54 pm

No. I tried + and - nothing happen. No option allows me to move the drive to boot first, up. I am stuck.
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Re: Boot SATA or IDE drive

Postby wm5288 on Fri Jan 23, 2009 2:30 pm

OK, this is in Setup > Boot, Boot Device Priority,,, Thanks.
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Re: Boot SATA or IDE drive

Postby Maximiliam on Mon Jan 26, 2009 4:54 am

Try PageUp and PageDown, that worked for me, but not + and -
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