Two SATA hard drives

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  1. gabster01

    gabster01 Member

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    Ok guys, I need a lil help.....

    My computer is running on a SATA hard drive. The hard drive recently started giving me problems, and isnt booting up anymore. So I decided to buy another SATA hard drive install WIN XP on it and transfer all of my files over to the new hard drive.

    Now, I have the OS installed and both hard drives connected, and my computer is still booting up from the old hard drive. I cant figure out how to change the new SATA hard drive to become the primary and boot from there in the BIOS. Is there a different BIOS for SATA so I can boot from the new hard drive?

    Someone please help!!
     
  2. The_OGS

    The_OGS Active member

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    In your computer's BIOS setup, you instruct it which device to boot from & in what order.
    You hold 'Del' or some key, unique to your motherboard, to enter BIOS setup when you first power-on the PC.
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