[Ham-Computers] Dual boot problem update

[Jerry]

Maybe you should  tell HP...
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "WØQFC" <erastber at tampabay.rr.com>
To: "Computers (or other) used for amateur radio, communications,or 
experimenting" <ham-computers at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 12:48 PM
Subject: [Ham-Computers] Dual boot problem update


After a frustrating week of working on this problem I finially got it! HP 
says that they do not support a dual boot system on their machines and it 
will not work. . . .

Some background:

First, I tried adding a second hard drive and wanted to boot XP from that 
drive. Did not work.

Second, I tried re-partitioning the original 1TB drive with two equal 
partitions, installing Win 7 on one and XP on the other; Win 7 would work FB 
but XP had a lot of freeze-ups, IE would close on it's own and several other 
problems.

Third, the only way I could get the dual boot system to work ok was the 
following:
    First, set the controller to IDE instead of AHCI.
    Second, install the original 1TB drive as primary and
    Third, install additional drive as secondary.

Then I installed Win7 on the primary and XP on the secondary.  VIOL! It 
worked......

BTW, the machine is a new HP 6318f.

Just thought that someone might be able to use this info.

73

Gene, WØQFC
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