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Originally Posted by Greg
I thought so, too, but when I tried to start up with the data drive in the machine and the old system drive removed, it wouldn't get past that disk. I don't understand this at all. Maybe it has something to do with how the BIOS is configured.
I'm betting on the external drive trick but I won't be able to test that until the enclosure gets here. I'm feeling pretty confident about that because I can plug it in while the system is already running. I should be well past any boot issues then.
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External will definitely work around the problem your having Greg. In the BIOS you might be able to tell it to look at the SATA drive first in the boot order, so it will not try to boot your IDE. They always seem to prioritize IDE over SATA, don't understand why.