Set Bios to Boot from 2nd Hard Drive

Hello HP forum!
I have a situation that I am afraid may be hardware related, so this is my last attempt for help before I let it go.
In this laptop, I have two hard drive slots with two hard drives. The second hard drive was used as an HP backup/restore drive as shipped from the factory.
I would like to format and install an OS onto the 2nd drive for easy-peesy dual booting. (This is a work computer, so easy + time-efficient + low-risk is optimal). I have actually done this already, but the BIOS does not seem to detect two bootable hard drives. In the BIOS (pretty sure not EFI) boot list, it simply shows the option to boot from "Notebook Hard Drive", which boots from the 1st drive.
In my 1st Drive's Windows 7, I can read the contents of the 2nd disk, so it is definitely functional. Also, replacing the 1st drive with the 2nd drive, I can successfully boot from it, so it is bootable. This seems to imply that my hardware understands that there are two drives, but the BIOS does not recognize that port to be a bootable option, but only a storage option... I guess?
My question is, then, how can I set up my computer to give me the option to boot from either drive? Is it even possible on this hardware?
Thanks
Rex

Did you make sure to update your bios as that could be something that might require a bios update? Also if you can't see or locate that second drive in the BIOS you might not have the option to boot from the second drive? Does the bios also give you the option to boot from the cd drive? Your asking us to see a boot bios screen and unless some has your same make/model no everyone will be able to confirm or see what your asking so unless you can do more looking at all your bios options you might not have the option to boot from the second drive port.
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