Choosing which HDD as the master boot

I got a Product name: HP ENVY TS 15 Notebook PC and recently I've replace the stock HDD to a 1TB SSD HDD which was working fine with the HP provided recovery solution.
Then I bought another msata 500GB SSD HDD thinking to use it as a secondary HDD (Say D drive). However it seem to be causing the windows OS to fail and I keep going back to a loop saying there's error with Windows. I suspect is due to msata as a master boot HDD instead of the 1TB SSD.
The rom setting only comes with a "Notebook harddisk" option in the boot sequence option. Is there a way to explicting indicating which HDD to boot at? Primarily I like to keep the 1TB as main WIndows to boot then Msata

<<Then once you retire the XP. You will need to choose one of the other machines as the main one. >>
How do I choose the main one? I have read many of the docs and never found a hint about this.
Setting up Sync has been very difficult. The system messages are unclear...it's not even possible to know if a machine is set up unless you know the "secret" about seeing "Set Up Sync" on the menu. Might be logical to the developer but not to this end-user.
Last night I was running back and forth for hours trying to set it up on my PC's. My notes include six sets of 12-character codes and one of those long password strings. When the link-up fails, there's no error message.
Last night I renamed the whole feature "Firefox Stync" I was so frustrated. Who designed this anyway? Pardon the rant but it obviously was not tested by end-users, judging from the huge volume of questions it generates.

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Is it possible to repair the Master Boot Record (MBR) or Volume Boot Record (VBR) using a Windows Vista or 7 Recovery Disc? What about a Windows PE disc?
I researched around the Internet and found a command in Windows PE called bootsect (http://pcsupport.about.com/od/bios-booting/ht/bootsect-nt60.htm) that can repair both older and new Windows Volume Boot Code (NTLDR or BOOTMGR). The link states that the
bootsect command does NOT fix the MBR. Even the technet site here lists a reference to bootsect and that it can repair the MBR of both old and new versions of Windows (which doesn't appear to be correct). Can I use bootsect to restore the VBR of XP?
If bootsect cannot help me, then what is its purpose? Possible ex: Someone has a dual-boot XP and 7 system, the user uninstalls XP, and then uses bootsect to write BOOTMGR to the VBC.
I would appreciate any insight. Again, I don't have an XP disc. But I do have a WinPE disc and Win 7 Recovery disc and I was hoping I could fix my XP MBR and/or Windows VBR with one of the two.
Thank you.

Checked these ?
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/bootcons_fixmbr.mspx?mfr=true
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/ht/repairmbr.htm
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HT204150 Which contacts are the "master copy"

Hi all, when updating my contacts on my iphone / mac or ipad, which ones become the master copy?. The reason I ask is each time i edit a name on my iPhone it reverts back to the previous edit when I use that contact to send an e mail from my mac?. Does this mean that the way the contact is listed on my mac is the master copy?.
Any ideas
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Guys ... I have a 2008 MacPro running the current Yosemite. I also have installed the sound amp called "BOOM!" I have the Sound set to Line Out which should have the computer boot up to BOOM! Instead, it boots up to the Internal speaker. What's up?

Hi Folks ...
I have a 2008 MacPro running the current Yosemite. I have installed the recommended upgraded video card, but the sound is as it was new. I also have installed the sound amp/graphic equalizer called "BOOM!" I have the Sound set to Line Out which should have the computer boot up automatically to BOOM! and thus to the external speakers. Instead, it boots up to the Internal speaker. According to the folks at "BOOM!", this is happening to others who have similar Macs. They can't find any explanation within BOOM!, so I am turning to you all. Any ideas?

Hi Kappy ...
Sorry, I guess I didn't state the problem very well.
I don't want the computer to boot up to the internal speaker. I want it to boot up to the external speakers. However, even though System Preferences is set on Line Out, when the computer boots up or reboots, it erroneously goes to internal speaker. So, every time I boot up, I have been going to System Preference/Sound and clicking on Line Out. From that point on, everything is OK until the next boot up. It is a small annoyance, but annoying all the less. The simple explanation seems to be that when the computer is shut down, it does not hold the setting for Line Out and resets itself to Internal Speaker. How do I change that behavior and get it to go to Line Out whenever it boots up?

Which Distro has the fastest boot time?

As the title which Linux has the fastest boot time? Anything faster than 10 Sec is worth to mention.
However, I do want a few thing out of it. I would like some kind of GUI, Web browser, Music Player of some kind, and a good Text editor, along with some CLI software.
I am working on a project on my computer, which allow me dual boot directly from a CF card with a IDE to CF adapter or load it into my powerful OS(Arch Linux). For the most part, you just want to do a quick E mail check before you leave the house. And you don't want the computer on for like 8 hours sitting there doing nothing but waste energy. So I think it would be a good idea to do so. Due to the limitation of my case, I can only have one hard drive. And I don't want to use that one drive to dual boot my computer.
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Faunos has a nice "live" OS that boots to KDE with archlinux packages (600) and can boot in ~60 secs. It operates in ram which gives it a speedy performance.
I have it booting from a Compact flash UDMA device in an Intel based computer using either an IDE to CF or a sata to cf adapter, each powered by the normal FDD five volt connector.
The UDMA CF cards reach 45MB/sec read speed. When booting with the CF cards into a "live" system, there are no writes until the user desires to "save session" to an overlay. To avoid writing to the boot device, an alternate device can be used via USB, for example, to retain the desired packages in a repo.
Faster ram will speed the boot process. Also, if one uses a repo device(another CF for example) much of the boot package load can be placed in that repo for install as needed. This could reduce the boot time considerably.
In my system, I have a repo built from 2 CF cards in raid0 with 15+GB capacity and utilize bookmarks for loading packages from the repo. This repo has 80+ mb/s speed.
Perhaps this is of interest to you....Cfast is coming which will improve the read/write speed while in sataII to a probable 160MB/sec for a single Cfast card.
EDIT: If you boot to CLI, the boot time is reduced and e-mail is available.
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Which PC is the master for purposes of Sync?

There are thousands of posts here for how to set up and troubleshoot Sync but none i can find that tell me how it actually works and how to control the sync process from a master/slave standpoint.
I have an old XP box that I'm replacing with a new Lenovo, plus a Dell XPS laptop that I'll be continuing to use. I want the laptop and the Lenovo to mirror the FF settings on the old XP desktop that I'm retiring. But the changes are flowing in all directions; things I set up on the Lenovo are populating back to the XP.
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<<Then once you retire the XP. You will need to choose one of the other machines as the main one. >>
How do I choose the main one? I have read many of the docs and never found a hint about this.
Setting up Sync has been very difficult. The system messages are unclear...it's not even possible to know if a machine is set up unless you know the "secret" about seeing "Set Up Sync" on the menu. Might be logical to the developer but not to this end-user.
Last night I was running back and forth for hours trying to set it up on my PC's. My notes include six sets of 12-character codes and one of those long password strings. When the link-up fails, there's no error message.
Last night I renamed the whole feature "Firefox Stync" I was so frustrated. Who designed this anyway? Pardon the rant but it obviously was not tested by end-users, judging from the huge volume of questions it generates.

When using Multicam in CS6 how do I choose which source file the audio comes from?

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It doesn't make sense why the multicam source sequence only uses one track of audio. Was this by design? The issue with this as in my situation (and because I didn't know this) I recorded all my source videos with the music tracks on the right side which is what I'm using to cut my video with. Not being able to hear this while I'm cutting is really frustrating. There's a reason I separate dialog on the left side and music on the right. There should at a minimum be an option while setting up the multicam to choose more audio options. Even in the audio clip option settings, those don't seem to work when a clip is put into a multicam source sequence.
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NO HDD ON THE FIRST BOOT

I have a problem with my laptop,( its a satellite L455D-S5976 ) : on the firs start it doesn't see the hard drive on the boot order and it boots on the LAN and after a restart with CTR+ALT+DEL its seeing the hdd on the boot order but every time its the last on the list, and I put him first, the CD second and LAN last, I save the settings and its booting normal. On restart it is keeping the settings but at shut down its back were its started, it doesn't see the HDD end I keep making those settings every time I turn on the laptop.
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Can't see second HDD in the BIOS boot sequence choice menu

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Hi,
Really appreciate your continued support - OK, here's detailed response/update:
1. Both disks are the originals and I've checked both with another PC in external caddy and both seem A1.
2. Have tried doing as you suggested with the BIOS, but no can do. The BIOS seems to be very limited - it is as follows:
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+Can you confirm this?+
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Installed XP (checked config and both disks recognised by Windows)
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