Author Topic: Using a hard drive as primary. (Read 770 times)

Night Fox · April 25, 2011, 09:45:22 PM

I need to know how to set a secondary hard drive as my default/primary one.
If you know how, please tell me.

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Trymos · April 25, 2011, 09:47:38 PM

Try to swap slots with the main one.

Fredulus · April 25, 2011, 09:48:48 PM

Quote from: Trymos on April 25, 2011, 09:47:38 PM

Try to swap slots with the main one.

No.

Do it in your BIOS. just look around and you'll see an option, it's different for every manufacturer

Tom · April 25, 2011, 09:53:39 PM

Install an OS on it and put it first in your BIOS boot list.

If it's a USB drive note that some computers/drives do not support booting from USB.

Nickelob Ultra · April 25, 2011, 10:16:28 PM

To make it a primary it has to be the disk being used by your OS.

As far as I know you can't copy paste an operating system over a hard drive.

LordCutlerBeckett · April 25, 2011, 10:17:28 PM

There's this wonderful thing called a Binary input-output system.

Coolio · April 25, 2011, 10:17:49 PM

Quote from: Nickelob Ultra on April 25, 2011, 10:16:28 PM

To make it a primary it has to be the disk being used by your OS.

As far as I know you can't copy paste an operating system over a hard drive.

Night Fox · April 25, 2011, 10:55:49 PM

Well, I don't quite have the money for a new OS.
So, should I use Ubuntu?
Seeing as I wont be playing games on the computer at hand, would there be any other problems?

Quote from: Tom on April 25, 2011, 09:53:39 PM

If it's a USB drive note that some computers/drives do not support booting from USB.

As far as I am aware, it's installed in the computer just as its current primary one.
I do know that it isn't USB, though.

otto-san · April 25, 2011, 10:57:56 PM

Ubuntu is unstable as heck.

Night Fox · April 25, 2011, 10:59:05 PM

Quote from: otto-san on April 25, 2011, 10:57:56 PM

Ubuntu is unstable as heck.

What else would you suggest?

otto-san · April 25, 2011, 10:59:58 PM

Quote from: Night Fox on April 25, 2011, 10:59:05 PM

What else would you suggest?

First off, why are you wanting to do this and how badly do you need to do it?

You could save up to get an OS, I would seriously discourage getting Ubuntu as a main OS.

ßoltster · April 25, 2011, 11:01:27 PM

I've had ubuntu as my main OS for 2 years now and I've never had a problem with stability, or anything for that matter.

You're doin it wrong

otto-san · April 25, 2011, 11:02:27 PM

Quote from: ßoltster on April 25, 2011, 11:01:27 PM

I've had ubuntu as my main OS for 2 years now and I've never had a problem with stability, or anything for that matter.

You're doin it wrong

I guess Ubuntu just traumatized me by almost completely screwing up my boot sequence entirely. :c

edit:
It was probably my own fault. D:

Night Fox · April 25, 2011, 11:05:05 PM

Quote from: otto-san on April 25, 2011, 10:59:58 PM

First off, why are you wanting to do this and how badly do you need to do it?

The current hard drive's capacity is 13GB.
I'm trying to switch to the 40GB one.
Which still sucks, but it's better.

otto-san · April 25, 2011, 11:06:02 PM

Quote from: Night Fox on April 25, 2011, 11:05:05 PM

The current hard drive's capacity is 13GB.
I'm trying to switch to the 40GB one.
Which still sucks, but it's better.

Is that a laptop?

meh.

Do oyu have any kind of master disk?

did you build your computer or get it premade