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Posted by askou on 04-05-2009 07:14 PM:

Hard disk boot sequence

Ok, here's the problem:

I have tho different windows installations into two different (physical) hard disks, that is not two different partitions in the same hard disk.

The problem is that I want to choose the windows installation without having to get into the BIOS and start changing the hard disk sequence.

Are you familiar with any program that will enable me to choose which windows installation to boot with?

Thanks in advance.

Posted by punzada on 04-05-2009 08:31 PM:

Re: Hard disk boot sequence

quote:
Originally posted by askou
Ok, here's the problem:

I have tho different windows installations into two different (physical) hard disks, that is not two different partitions in the same hard disk.

The problem is that I want to choose the windows installation without having to get into the BIOS and start changing the hard disk sequence.

Are you familiar with any program that will enable me to choose which windows installation to boot with?

Thanks in advance.

Grub, you can use what's called the Super Grub Disk (just google it'll be all over) to boot and install a new MBR to one of the drives that you'll set in BIOS as the first boot, from that you can configure it to boot from either OS on either drive, plenty of help available on the software and how to use/install it on the web, good luck

Posted by askou on 04-05-2009 08:55 PM:

thank you very much !!! I will give it a try!!!

Posted by Bakkoda on 04-06-2009 04:40 AM:

You can also let it boot up into the default windows (the one it atuomatically chooses) and edit the C:\boot.ini, adding a second entry for the other windows version. With 2 entries it will ask you which version to boot.

This is typically done automatically I think but TBH I havent used windows in a very long time (aside from in a VM) so Im a bit out of touch with vista/xp interactions.

Posted by punzada on 04-06-2009 05:05 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by Bakkoda
You can also let it boot up into the default windows (the one it atuomatically chooses) and edit the C:\boot.ini, adding a second entry for the other windows version. With 2 entries it will ask you which version to boot.

This is typically done automatically I think but TBH I havent used windows in a very long time (aside from in a VM) so Im a bit out of touch with vista/xp interactions.

This may actually be the safer route then using grub (I was only aware of it able to boot different partitions and was unsure if it was able to use different physicals disks).

Posted by LOLobo on 04-06-2009 05:26 AM:

pfft linux nerd.

you've clearly gone to the dark side Anakin

Posted by Bakkoda on 04-06-2009 06:05 AM:

Arch + Openbox is the best thing since oral sex.

Posted by askou on 04-06-2009 10:07 AM:

... and yes super grub disk does very easily the trick.

You don't actually have to update the mbr, if you boot with the disc you have the option to start windows from the second hard disk ...

Will try to work with boot.ini later ....

Thanks a lot guys ....

Posted by punzada on 04-06-2009 10:37 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by LOLobo
pfft linux nerd.

you've clearly gone to the dark side Anakin

I'm beyond linux nerd, I'm unhealthily obsessed.

Posted by sadistic_spitta on 04-16-2009 08:51 PM:

did you try MSCONFIG and then go to boot sequence to change which windows installations to boot. but it has to restart to take effect and i think thats what your trying not to have to do.......................forget what i said

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