[Luna] Setting up a dual-boot systlem

[Carolyn Roberts]

The bios sees the new drive and I have the jumper set to slave. Is that
right?

On 3/25/07, Patrick Fleming, EA <pat at rwcinc.net> wrote:
>
> Does the bios see the 250g hard drive and do you have the jumpers set
> right on the cdrom drive?
>
> Carolyn Roberts wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I have just installed a second 250GB HD in my new computer system which
> I
> > would like to load WinXP on for school. Yes, I am back in school
> finishing
> > my BS degree finally. I am having trouble figuring out how to fat format
> > the
> > second drive for the Win install. When I set the bios to boot from the
> Win
> > OS install cd, it doesn't boot from the CD for some odd reason. When I
> hit
> > F8 to choose a boot device, the CD/DVD drive is not listed as a boot
> device
> > option. I have never had this problem before and I'm not sure how to
> > correct
> > it.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -Carolyn
> >
> >
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