Recently added a second hard drive to my Vista Ultimate desktop. Drive was
seen in the 'manage' option of my computer but not in 'my computer' after the
drive was formatted. Only remaining option was to make the drive 'active'.
After doing so the drive was seen in my computer. Regrettably, after
rebooting, the boot process is interupted because the new drive is searched
first for an operating system. Fortunately, the BIOS allows me to select the
dive with the OS. The problem is that the selection is not persistent and I
must return to the BIOS option to make the switch. I see that the newly
added drive is not only listed as active but the primary partition. I see no
way to ammend the settings so that the first drive is active, primary and the
first drive sought for an OS. Guidance sought

"Maurice" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Recently added a second hard drive to my Vista Ultimate desktop.
> Drive was
> seen in the 'manage' option of my computer but not in 'my computer'
> after the
> drive was formatted. Only remaining option was to make the drive
> 'active'.
> After doing so the drive was seen in my computer. Regrettably, after
> rebooting, the boot process is interupted because the new drive is
> searched
> first for an operating system. Fortunately, the BIOS allows me to
> select the
> dive with the OS. The problem is that the selection is not persistent
> and I
> must return to the BIOS option to make the switch. I see that the
> newly
> added drive is not only listed as active but the primary partition. I
> see no
> way to ammend the settings so that the first drive is active, primary
> and the
> first drive sought for an OS. Guidance sought
>
>
Try reversing the drives.
bw..

On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:28:02 -0800, Maurice wrote:

> Recently added a second hard drive to my Vista Ultimate desktop. Drive
> was seen in the 'manage' option of my computer but not in 'my computer'
> after the drive was formatted. Only remaining option was to make the
> drive 'active'. After doing so the drive was seen in my computer.
> Regrettably, after rebooting, the boot process is interupted because the
> new drive is searched first for an operating system. Fortunately, the
> BIOS allows me to select the dive with the OS. The problem is that the
> selection is not persistent and I must return to the BIOS option to make
> the switch. I see that the newly added drive is not only listed as
> active but the primary partition. I see no way to ammend the settings
> so that the first drive is active, primary and the first drive sought
> for an OS. Guidance sought

If these are IDE drives, which is master and which is slave - or are they
connected to the same controller? Did you properly set jumpers when you
installed?

Much thanks for your timely reply. Not sure what you mean by 'reversing' the
drives. I can change the jumper settings to switch the master/slave
connections but your reply does not specify. Continued guidance sought

"meerkat" wrote:

>
> "Maurice" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:CFDF353C-692B-431F-BC0C-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Recently added a second hard drive to my Vista Ultimate desktop.
> > Drive was
> > seen in the 'manage' option of my computer but not in 'my computer'
> > after the
> > drive was formatted. Only remaining option was to make the drive
> > 'active'.
> > After doing so the drive was seen in my computer. Regrettably, after
> > rebooting, the boot process is interupted because the new drive is
> > searched
> > first for an operating system. Fortunately, the BIOS allows me to
> > select the
> > dive with the OS. The problem is that the selection is not persistent
> > and I
> > must return to the BIOS option to make the switch. I see that the
> > newly
> > added drive is not only listed as active but the primary partition. I
> > see no
> > way to ammend the settings so that the first drive is active, primary
> > and the
> > first drive sought for an OS. Guidance sought
> >
> >
> Try reversing the drives.
> bw..
>
>
>

"meerkat" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "Maurice" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:CFDF353C-692B-431F-BC0C-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Recently added a second hard drive to my Vista Ultimate desktop.
>> Drive was
>> seen in the 'manage' option of my computer but not in 'my computer'
>> after the
>> drive was formatted. Only remaining option was to make the drive
>> 'active'.
>> After doing so the drive was seen in my computer. Regrettably, after
>> rebooting, the boot process is interupted because the new drive is
>> searched
>> first for an operating system. Fortunately, the BIOS allows me to
>> select the
>> dive with the OS. The problem is that the selection is not
>> persistent and I
>> must return to the BIOS option to make the switch. I see that the
>> newly
>> added drive is not only listed as active but the primary partition.
>> I see no
>> way to ammend the settings so that the first drive is active, primary
>> and the
>> first drive sought for an OS. Guidance sought
>>
>>
> Try reversing the drives.
> bw..
Make drive A, drive B
And drive B, drive A.

The reason I said what I did, was that you did`nt specify
how they were currently connected.
See alsop rays` answer.
ie. check for Master/Slave settings, or even cable select.

On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:28:02 -0800, Maurice
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Recently added a second hard drive to my Vista Ultimate desktop. Drive was
>seen in the 'manage' option of my computer but not in 'my computer' after the
>drive was formatted. Only remaining option was to make the drive 'active'.
>After doing so the drive was seen in my computer. Regrettably, after
>rebooting, the boot process is interupted because the new drive is searched
>first for an operating system. Fortunately, the BIOS allows me to select the
>dive with the OS. The problem is that the selection is not persistent and I

Go into BIOS setup and change the order of the drives under the Hard
Disk Boot Priority or Hard Disk Drives setting.

>must return to the BIOS option to make the switch. I see that the newly
>added drive is not only listed as active but the primary partition. I see no
>way to ammend the settings so that the first drive is active, primary and the
>first drive sought for an OS. Guidance sought