SATA and multiboot question

[John O]

I am new to SATA and want to add another drive to my system. I already have
a 160GB SATA and want to add another SATA drive that I want to boot another
OS from. The OS's are all various versions of Windows but I have been told
that a second SATA drive cannot be booted from. Only the first (drive 0) can
be booted from. Is this information accurate?

FWIW there are 2 SATA plugs on the MB so I assume (always dangerous) that
the second drive becomes SATA drive 1.

Regards,
John O.

 

[Rod Speed]

I am new to SATA and want to add another drive to my system. I already have a
160GB SATA and want to add another SATA drive that I want to boot another OS
from. The OS's are all various versions of Windows but I have been told that a
second SATA drive cannot be booted from. Only the first (drive 0) can be
booted from. Is this information accurate?

Nope. Even if the motherboard bios doesnt allow you to
boot from the second SATA drive, a boot manager can.

FWIW there are 2 SATA plugs on the MB so I assume (always dangerous) that the
second drive becomes SATA drive 1.

Normally that is correct.

 

[John O]

Thanks for the information!

Regards,
John O.

Nope. Even if the motherboard bios doesnt allow you to
boot from the second SATA drive, a boot manager can.


Normally that is correct.