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dual boot from bios

If I want to select my boot drive every time I boot from bios, can I just do a regular W7 install on a new drive and not have any boot managers? I already have SL running fine, but I have to put Windows on the machine for 2 pieces of…

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@barrsurf Published 2010-11-12
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If I want to select my boot drive every time I boot from bios, can I just do a regular W7 install on a new drive and not have any boot managers? I already have SL running fine, but I have to put Windows on the machine for 2 pieces of software. I'm getting another drive today, and I assume as long as I select a drive from the boot-up screen it won't matter what OS is on another drive.

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