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Subject:	Re: Dual Booting
From:	Hugh Vandervoort <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Sun, 24 May 2009 23:51:36 -0400
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On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 7:09 PM, Computer9f <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Plan-C
>
> I have 3 IDE hard drives.  Two are installed (one is new).  Someone (at another forum, I think) told me that I could install an IDE hard drive on the SAME IDE CABLE with my DVDWriter.
>
> I just spoke with the Geek Squad and they say NO - that the PC sees everything on a single cable the same way, that they must both be hard drives, or both be CD/DVD drives.  Of course, he also said you could set WINDOWS to let you choose which drive to boot, which as I see it looks clearly impossible, since when you are booting, you don't have Windows yet.

There's no problem installing a HD on the same IDE cable with a DVD.
I've heard more than one evil story about Geek squad, but that one
takes the cake.

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