Booting HP DV9000 from 2nd SATA HDD

I have an HP DV9000 with Windows 7. I cloned the original boot drive onto a 1 TB Hitachi and, after hours of hacking and frustration (Documented on another post), it now boots and runs fine. I then installed the original (bootable) 250GB HDD into bay 2 and it works fine--as a second data drive.
Now I want to be able to boot off of it (dual-boot). All of the various "Change Boot Order" options on the ESC and Function keys and in Setup allow one to change the order by *device-type* (CD, USB, SATA, NET), but not by specific device *number*. Therefore, I can choose "SATA Drive" as the primary boot device, and it defaults to Drive O (first internal SATA). There is no option I can find to boot to drive 1 (2nd internal SATA). I can put thatsame drive into an external USB adapter and it boot fine--just not as the 2nd internal.
Anyone have a soution????
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No you have figured out the second bay is not bootable.The second bay is just for storage. It is actually a usb connection and is not a true SATA interface.

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