From a h8-1417c boot w8 from 1 hd and w7 from second hd

I want to have w8.1 on one hd and w7u on a second hd. being able to boot from either as needed. When I use the example on "http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03801890" windows 7 wants to check file parameters on a hd which one I don't know? I went back and forth with boot options in bios as well to no avail. Answers welcome. Thanks REW6

Hello , Welcome to the HP Forums, I hope you enjoy your experience! To help you get the most out of the HP Forums I would like to direct your attention to the HP Forums Guide First Time Here? Learn How to Post and More. I understand that you are looking to dual-boot both Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 on your desktop computer, and I would be happy to help you! To better assist you in this matter, i recommend contacting Microsoft Technical Support in regards to the possibilities of dual booting two different operating systems on two different hard drives. Best Regards

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Disk /dev/sda: 238.5 GiB, 256060514304 bytes, 500118192 sectors
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cmd.c32
cmenu.c32
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cpuidtest.c32
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sdi.c32
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vesainfo.c32
vesamenu.c32
vpdtest.c32
whichsys.c32
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Thoughts
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On that note, I checked my BIOS settings and the MBR is set to "Legacy mode" vs. the othe UEFI alternatives, so I don't think that's an issue. I also used blkid to confirm that it's using an MBR (output was "dos").
I will try UUIDs in /etc/fstab and syslinux next, as there are some other posts (example) talking about this as a potential issue (and, indeed, I sometimes get my HD as /dev/sdb* when booting from the arch USB drive. I can also try grub2 in case it's a syslinux issue.
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Last edited by jwhendy (2015-06-06 04:38:09)

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I don't have another sdcard laying around that's big enough to install Arch on, as I'm using my sole 8g drive for the installation media (and no optical drive). Sigh.
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SPEC:
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2GB NVIDIA GTX 680MX
Wired keyboard and a Magic mouse.
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Safe Boot.
SMC reset.
PRAM reset.
* The first two produced a single case of a normal start up, but after a shut down the problem remains.
Any ideas/thoughts/help would be much appriciated,
Thanks in advance,
Idan.

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I installed the system update to 10.7.3. After re-booting, my mail file was missing from the dock. Looked in applications and the mail application is missing. Any thoughts?

I installed the system update to 10.7.3. After re-booting, my mail file was missing from the dock. Looked in applications and the mail application is missing. Any thoughts?

Thanks Paul; but, taking your suggestion didn't solve the problem. As mail is part of the OS, the updates don't have the capacity to reinstall applications; so, I had to reinstall the OS. I now have my mail back (although it didn't appear on the dock--I had to go to applications and activate it and then put it back in the dock. Thanks again for trying.

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