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  1. 09-08-2010 #1
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    [SOLVED] 2nd. hard drive

    Installed 2nd hard drive, both drives non raid. Computer recognizes it but unable to boot. Is this a grub problem?
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    Hello and Welcome.
    Do you mean that you got a new drive, plugged it in and when you boot the machine it does not boot? Is that correct?
    Did you check the jumpers on the new drive? Set to slave or master?
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    probably the disk order is changed when you added the new disk

    you should make sure grub is set to boot using disk UUID instead of raw device name in order to alleviate the issue

    also check bios boot order and make sure you don't have new disk to be booted first somehow
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    two sata hard drives. The primary drive boots and computer functions but unable to activate new hard drive. I am able to access files on second hard drive which has windows XP. It may have something to slave or master setting. I'll check, thank you.
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    Two WD Caviar Blue 320GB 7200RPM hard drives. 8-pin (no master/slave settings) Could that be the problem?
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    Are you trying to set up a dual boot system?
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    The primary drive boots and computer functions but unable to activate new hard drive. I am able to access files on second hard drive which has windows XP.
    What do you mean by activate new drive? How are you accessing files of second hard drive?
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    yes, I would like to have choice which OS to boot into at startup.
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    Quote Originally Posted by devils casper View Post
    What do you mean by activate new drive? How are you accessing files of second hard drive?
    After I boot into ubuntu the second hard drive(windows XP) shows up in "computer" and I can access files but I am allowed no option to boot into this hard drive.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rcgreen View Post
    Are you trying to set up a dual boot system?
    yes, I would like to have choice which OS to boot into at startup
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