Trouble booting up second OS/hard drive on Dell 1735 laptop

[tommybee]

my issue is so like other posts but a smidge different. my dell 1735 has two hdd bays. i stripped my original hdd and loaded it with ubuntu. i placed it in my secondary bay and hooked it up. i recieved another hdd from dell, preloaded with vista and put it into the primary "original" bay. How do i boot up my secondary hdd? i think i may be missing the forest through the trees. thank you. sincerly, tommybee.

 

[gwailo247]

you need to set up your system to dual boot.

just google "dual booting vista and ubuntu" and you'll find lots of guides on how to get you set up.

 

[tommybee]

dual boot dual hdd's

Thanks for that.....but thats what i did before i came to this site .....and i discovered on this site similar issues like mine but as i mentioned all a smidge different..but close. i have a laptop with two seperate hardrives....two different os'...one on each hdd. by default when i initially boot up it goes into vista. is there a way to get an option on my initial boot to choose my secondary drive...similar to grubs' menu on a single partioned disc...letting you choose between os's. thank you all for your input..sincerly, tommybee.

 

[gwailo247]

I never set up a dual boot Ubuntu / Windows computer, just Ubuntu alone, or Vista / Seven, so anything I'd suggest would be me just regurgitating stuff I found on Google.

Have you tried this?

 

[tommybee]

easybcd

just wanted to say thankyou for the tip on 'easy bcd' . it was just what i needed. it works awesome. very user freindly, non techky wordspeak , ouick to load and to get working. thanks again..my 'dual hdd,dual os' laptop works just as i hoped it would. i'm flyin high baby. adios earthlings. sincerly,tommybee.