Multiple Harddrives Cause A Vista System To Reboot Slowly?
Nov 21, 2009Does having multiple harddrives cause a vista system to reboot slowly? Systems specs are as followed.
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1. The new one, HP, that won't boot with Windows Vista and 2 SATA harddrives.
2. An older HP with IDE hardrive and XP and with a DVD burner.
3. An older Emachine with a IDE harddrive without a DVD burner.
I am trying to figure out the cheapest way to do this or without having to buy adapter cables so I can burn the files to DVD and then reinstall Vista on the New machine - 1. So, would it be possible for me take the harddrive out of the Emachine and install that in computer ONE -- and then install Vista on that.. and then burn the files on my SATA harddrives to DVD? Can the harddrives from the Emachine work in computer ONE - the HP Vista SATA machine? Or is it not compatale?
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Code: ADDITIONAL_DEBUG_TEXT:
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