HDD issue?

[Duke{CLR}]

I just installed a storage drive and during the process of setting it up in windows I just kind of clicked on the default selections. Now it tries to boot to that drive instead of my OS drive. I poked around in the storage menu option but I can't seem to find what I need to change. I was able to boot by pulling the plug on the storage drive. Could someone point me in the right direction.

[Aessassen]

If its trying to boot the the one HD first, thats going to have to be a BIOS setting.. being bios's can vary so much I can't really say click here do this.. but there should be something like..

Boot Device Priority
1:
2:
3:

Yours probably looks like

1) Drive1 HDD
2) Drive0 HDD
3) CD/DVD drive

Just flip flop drive 0/1 to be like:
1) Drive0 HDD
2) Drive1 HDD
3) CD/DVD drive


Thats at least what I would believe it would be.
Now if it was OS related, i.e. storage drive = vista and main drive = xp then you'll have to do that in MSconfig

[WalkinTarget]

^^ What he said. It should be set to Drive0 or HDD0.

[Duke{CLR}]

I looked through the BIOS earlier and all I saw was Hard disk as an option. It didn't seem to give me a choice of which one. I will poke around in there later when I get a chance. Would changing the SATA ports make a difference?

[Duke{CLR}]

Ahhh I read the text at the bottom of the screen at powere up and it gave me an option for a boot menu when I was able to select the correct drive. Now I can start copying my CD collection.

Thanks

[Aessassen]

Ahhh I read the text at the bottom of the screen at powere up and it gave me an option for a boot menu when I was able to select the correct drive. Now I can start copying my CD collection.

Thanks

Any time, and about the sata ports - nope they dont matter, which is one of the benefits of Sata vs IDE (amongst the thousand other reasons)

[Infamous]

my guess would have ben jumper on the back of HDD

[Duke{CLR}]

my guess would have ben jumper on the back of HDD

The first PC I built had a HDD with a jumper that was just enough experience to appreciate SATA. .