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August 22nd, 2022 11:00
XPX 8700, second hard drive
I'd like to have a second bootable hard drive, is that possible?
Every time the power goes out my pc won't restart saying press any key to continue, which doesn't work. I found by F2 on restart for setup then save and restart it will start normally. This last time it didn't and diagnostics kept saying no hard drive access. After sitting overnight it did restart after F2 and saving settings.
I don't know how to tell if it's really a bad drive or something else like the HS controller. Since I running Win 7, the Dell diagnostics don't run.
To be ready for the next time I bought a HD from Dell just like the original.
Would it be possible to install this as a second bootable drive so if the pc won't see the main hd again I can somehow switch to boot from the second?
Re: Every time the power goes out my pc won't restart saying press any key to continue, which doesn't work. I found by F2 on restart for setup then save and restart it will start normally. This last time it didn't and diagnostics kept saying no hard drive access. After sitting overnight it did restart after F2 and saving settings.
Replace cmos battery w a brand new cr2032 when you start experiencing inconsistent boot behavior which may suggest corrupted cmos settings. Also try clear cmos settings by motherboard RTCRST jumper.
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Posted August 22nd, 2022 11:00
You can install up to 3 x 3.5" HDD. And you can dual boot after installing another OS on the second drive. Have you considered installing Windows 10 on the new drive? That way you can run diagnostics in order to find out if the old drive is failing which considering the age of your system is certainly a possibility. Also I would strongly suggest installing a more up to date and supported OS like Windows 10. You can download the Windows 10 media creation tool on this MS site.
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