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gabster01
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_ 		6. January 2006 @ 20:39 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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!!
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The_OGS
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_ 		6. January 2006 @ 21:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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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