

However, you might find that linux is installed on the first drive, in which case delete that partition (the linux one) expand the windows one and reinstall the linux on the second drive, but unplug the first one while doing so. In other words it might have been easier if you had unplugged the windows drive to begin with and plugged it back in again later, then run update-grub. Setting up and configuring a dual-boot between Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, older versions of Windows such as XP &. Setting up and configuring Windows boot entries is simple, and there is no easier way to quickly boot right into Linux, Mac OS X, or BSD straight from the Windows Vista. With EasyBCD, almost anything is possible. If sdb1 has linux on and sda1 (the digit is the partition, the letters the device) is Windoze then this is simple but I don’t know how a dvd/usbdrive automatic installation will react when you have 2 drives plugged in, ie how it will treat the respective drives as opposed to one partition on one drive. EasyBCD extends and revamps the Windows BCD bootloader. EasyBCD is NeoSmart Technologies multiple award-winning answer to tweaking the new Windows Vista bootloader. An illustration of a horizontal line over an up pointing arrow. Then swap connections according to which system you want to boot, crude but effective. A line drawing of the Internet Archive headquarters building façade. If this is a desktop it would be easy to find out where the bootloader is by detaching the wires to the respective hard drives and booting them independently. As I understand SSD’s are still a block device and behave as such.Īs for EasyBCD better to ask someone who has bought/used this tool, do they have a forum?
