quad boot.

.one. · 13 May 2012 at 02:36

Hi I have 3 operating systems installed on mechanical drives I wish to include a ssd into the equation for example boot from the ssd and have the choice to boot from ssd or other operating systems on the mechanical drives.

Is it a case of just using easybcd on the ssd ?

Thanks jamie.

Woden · 13 May 2012 at 02:44

I don't know how easybcd works, but grub can do this fine.

.one. · 13 May 2012 at 02:45

Woden said:
I don't know how easybcd works, but grub can do this fine.

Thanks just needed to know if possible.

craarc · 13 May 2012 at 07:50

yes it is i use easy bcd in a a multi boot system

win7 ssd
win7 64 hdd
win vista 64 hdd
win xp 32 hdd
ubuntu linux

only thing is i have found the ssd needs to be in ide mode see here

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18402764

easybcd is awesome btw and mansour and the development guys r helpfull as hell

craarc · 13 May 2012 at 09:03

here

on boot sceen just scroll to the one u want 1 2 3 4 5 etc

.one. · 14 May 2012 at 02:42

Thank you.

Just remembered also I will be using sata 2 is this ok I know people use sata 3 for top speed but I will be happy if just a little slower.

craarc · 14 May 2012 at 02:57

if you are talking about using easy bcd yup..

go and look on the easybcd site for info

but its the best boot manager i have found

you may want to get used to it..

with 5 -6 - 7 drives it tends to get complicated and you will prob want to check all your drive names when using a lot of OS to make it easy to see what you are doing but in 1 2 or 3 os its really simple

and its free just check out

http://neosmart.net/EasyBCD/