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hard drive help (first build ever)

nickskinyboy
By nickskinyboy
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so i just build my first pc ever but i had a hp desktop before and it has windows 8 on it and i have windows 7 on my new computer that i just built. i have alot of movies and pictures on my old hard drive that i would like to keep but when i installed windows on my new hardrive and plugged in my old on it keeps booting off of the old one and not the new one. i would like the keep my old one for extra storage but i just dont want the os on it. help?

 

 

 

cpu: amd fx-6300 

mobo: msi 970A-g43

RAM: (2x4) 8gb corsair vengance 1600 mhz

gpu: amd r9 270 

power supply: lepa n500-sa /500 watt

 

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A menu should pop up asking you which hard drive you want to boot in to if you've got multiple drives that can be booted in to. Like this:

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^ This. @nickskinyboy make sure to follow your topics/threads made so we do not need to quote your post starting this or mention you in one. :)

 

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Go into the bios and change the Default boot device to the new hard drive model number. 

the funny thing is the only time i can get into my bios is if i disconnect all of my sata ports....i have tried to push f1 multiple times just like the manual says but it never happens and i just skips over it 

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