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Tumbleweed36 · 01-03-2008, 02:44 PM

Points of clarity to assist you!

Be sure you don't mix up the terms boot order of hard drives and boot order. If you look in the Boot Menu of your bios setup menu,. the term Boot Priority usually (not all boards call it that) is there.

Under that section, there is an area called Boot Device Priority (or something similar) that you need to have set as:

CDRom - 1st
Floppy - 2nd (if you have one)
Hard Drive - 3rd (this is your boot drive)

Then, on most boards on down under the same section, there is a place called Hard Disk Drives (or something similar) under that heading. This is where you must have the hard drive you want to install on listed FIRST in that section.

If you change anything, don't forget to save before you exit.

01-03-2008, 02:44 PM	#6 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 19,467 OS: XP Professional	Re: Problem installing on IDE with SATA Points of clarity to assist you! Be sure you don't mix up the terms boot order of hard drives and boot order. If you look in the Boot Menu of your bios setup menu,. the term Boot Priority usually (not all boards call it that) is there. Under that section, there is an area called Boot Device Priority (or something similar) that you need to have set as: CDRom - 1st Floppy - 2nd (if you have one) Hard Drive - 3rd (this is your boot drive) Then, on most boards on down under the same section, there is a place called Hard Disk Drives (or something similar) under that heading. This is where you must have the hard drive you want to install on listed FIRST in that section. If you change anything, don't forget to save before you exit. __________________ ---------- I don't receive email notifications of replies to subscribed threads. (Internet provider policy) Therefore, if I don't respond to your post within 24 hours, please send me a reminder PM and include the link to your thread. Last edited by Tumbleweed36; 01-03-2008 at 02:49 PM.