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    IDE/SATA Adaptor

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by nealloy1981, Jan 3, 2009.

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    nealloy1981 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi guys, i have bought the IDE/SATA Adaptor for my internal hard drive to connect it as an external. i have got operating systems(Vista and XP) installed there. so can i not run them via usb? when i turned my computer on i can't see them running.
     
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    you need to add them in your Laptop's Bootloader List mate then you can boot /start OS installed on the external HDD mate :D

    for this you can use EasyBCD in Vista :D

    after that the usual headache of installing the all the drivers for you laptop :wink:
     
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    how to do that man? i have got ubuntu in external one. so, how can i add that to the boot loader. by the way, i have got vista and xp in internal one. so

    scenario is: Vista Ultimate and XP internal hdd, Ubuntu in external. i want ubuntu to run when my computer starts.
     
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    I red that link out. but there r nothing about tripple booting. as i said u that i have got already dual boot. so i m wondering my dual boot get messed.
     
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    hi giys, actually i had two external hdd. each of them r Fujutsu 250gb. so when i connect 1st one it works fine but niw when i connected the second one, the drivers and everything installed fine, but afterwards nothing happened. i mean i can't see any windows to pop up. that means windows can't run. i checked on the disk driver under the device manager. there the new hdd exist. so what's the problem? by the way, if i disconnect it and reconnect the 1st one it works. only the second one doesn't work. and in my frnd computer i did the same with the 2nd one. and it exactly samething happened there. so it must be abt the OS. can some1 tell me how can i get rid of this problem. hello guys help me plz.....
     
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    hello guys, no answer?????
     
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    its the same method mate that you can use it add n number of OS :D
     
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