Question about stopping my dual booting

ericdrum · May 10, 2005, 07:01 PM

I recently went to a RAID 0 config. I started the RAID 0 from scratch and left my old IDE perfectly in tact. Once I got stuff working great, I plugged my old IDE back in. Because my old IDE was my booting hard disk, the windows install was still in tact and when I boot up, I am now offered the selection of both my RAID and my old IDE. Anyhow, I want to know if there's an easy way(or rather, the best way) to stop my BIOS from recognizing the bootable IDE disk. I was hoping that there would be somthing simple in Windows to disable or rename to make my BIOS stop autodetecting it. I've tried everything in the BIOS itself, but can't seem to get it to stay. The reason I want it to be simple is that I may want to boot back to my IDE again, but for the most part, I just want it to be a storage disk. Thanks in advance for any help.

Judas · May 10, 2005, 07:05 PM

Right click my computer
hit properties
go to Advanced tab
click the Startup and Recovery
and i beleive you can either A: adjust the times, or you can hit EDIT and delete the OS line that you don't wish to use.

OR you can delete the entire windows install that you aren't useing.

I'd suggest waiting for an answer from Ctrl-Alt-Delete first though. He'll know

PangingJr · May 13, 2005, 10:50 AM

i believe all the questions have already been answered by you JD.

unless the original poster posts back for more questions.

May 10, 2005, 07:01 PM	#1
ericdrum DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: The SLC Posts: 149 Rep Power: 0	Question about stopping my dual booting I recently went to a RAID 0 config. I started the RAID 0 from scratch and left my old IDE perfectly in tact. Once I got stuff working great, I plugged my old IDE back in. Because my old IDE was my booting hard disk, the windows install was still in tact and when I boot up, I am now offered the selection of both my RAID and my old IDE. Anyhow, I want to know if there's an easy way(or rather, the best way) to stop my BIOS from recognizing the bootable IDE disk. I was hoping that there would be somthing simple in Windows to disable or rename to make my BIOS stop autodetecting it. I've tried everything in the BIOS itself, but can't seem to get it to stay. The reason I want it to be simple is that I may want to boot back to my IDE again, but for the most part, I just want it to be a storage disk. Thanks in advance for any help. __________________ AMD Athlon 64 3500+ MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum nForce3 Ultra 2 gig Corsair XMS 3200 eVGA 6800 GT SB Audigy2 w/ KX Project Drivers 2-80 gig Western Digital SATA 7200 RAID 0 200 GB Seagate Barricuda 7200 for Storage Ultra Xconnect 500W Power Supply Windows XP SP2 Antec P160W case

May 13, 2005, 10:50 AM	#3
PangingJr Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,989 Rep Power: 71	i believe all the questions have already been answered by you JD. unless the original poster posts back for more questions.