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05-Oct-2008, 07:10 AM #1
Question Will this cause a conflict/problem?
Hi all,

I got a new harddrive the other day and I installed vista on it. Now I want to put my old drive in as a second drive. However, all my original files and the same OS is still on it. Will this cause any problems?

I am thinking there may be a problem as windows might be confused as to which drive to boot from? They are both sata drives and both have vista home premium 64bit on them!!

Thanks for your advice in advance!
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05-Oct-2008, 08:05 AM #2
Just set the proper drive as primary in bios boot order and you'll be fine. Windows won't be confused, as Windows doesn't choose from which drive your pc will boot.
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05-Oct-2008, 08:47 AM #3
Oh right ok, that sounds straight foward enough, thanks a million!
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