Windows 8 with multiple hard drives

twhansen

New Member
Messages
2
Hi.

I just tried installing Windows 8 on my HP Elitebook 8440p. I have an extra hard drive instead of a CD drive in the upgrade bay (only used for data, the OS is on the standard internal HD which is partioned in three parts). First I got the well-documented we can't find a partition bla bla bla error". I tried swapping the extra hard drive for the standard cd drive. Now Win8 installed like a charm and I have the dual booting and all is well. I turned the laptop off and swapped the extra hard drive back. Now Win8 will not start! Fortunately the laptop automatically booted Win7 with no problems.

I find this rather odd. Any bright ideas? Does Win8 only work with a single hard drive. I find all this rather backwards.

Hopefully someone out there can enlighten me.

Thomas
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7
Many thanks for the input.

The drive is first boot. When I try to do the Refresh Win8, it tells me that the drive is locked. Strange...

Thomas
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7
Back
Top