Win 7 on New HD?

[SkyDiver]

Hi,

I thought that I'd install Win7 on a new hard drive to make sure I didn't screw anything up on my current XP setup.

So I plug in the drive (3rd drive, set as Secondary Slave), format at NTFS and try to install, but Windows 7 says in can't install to this drive with no explanation given.

Anyone have an idea why?

Thanks.

 

[KeypoX]

sounds like its not marked as active, boot flag. you need to flag that part as active

 

[SkyDiver]

Thanks KeypoX.
Can there be more than one active partition? I was thinking I could just select it in the bios as the first boot device when I wanted to load Win7.

 

[KeypoX]

Yeah i can do it that way with my bios, but if your other HD is plugged in it overwrite the bootloader. BCD in win7/vistas case. This would be ok and XP would be added to the boot menu

i would check google on some dual boot guides. You may want to look at them before you install anything.

I am pretty sure if you install windows 7 on another partition or hard drive. With XP installed FIRST! windows7 will automatically add xp to its boot loader giving you a choice on which OS to boot from.

Im trying to get Window7 and OSX to dual boot right now lol

dual boot guides http://www.google.com/search?q...&rls=org.mozilla:en-USfficial&client=firefox-a

http://letmegooglethatforyou.c...+xp+xp+installed+first

 

[SkyDiver]

Thanks for the info. I used to boot Linux and Windows by selecting the boot disk in the BIOS. Forgot that two Windows installs are not nearly as easy!