Why do I have to install the OS on a replaced second HDD?

[IamNoOne]

It seems a bit odd that I have to install the OS on a replaced second hard drive. If it was the boot drive I could understand it but they are just extra's.

[X-SR71]

But.. you dont. Only need OS on boot device set on bios.

[Turbo]

It seems like the game defaults the boot drive to whichever was installed/hooked up first. So if for some reason you disassembled the entire PC (for a mobo swap, for example) and also replaced a drive, whichever drive you wire back up to the mobo first will now become the new default boot device.

[M1000RR]

Check the primary boot disk in bios settings

[IamNoOne]

Originally posted by X-SR71:

But.. you dont. Only need OS on boot device set on bios.

But...you do. I've just done it again. Boot drive stays the same, second drive replaced, boot up - No OS present.

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Originally posted by Whateva:

Originally posted by X-SR71:

But.. you dont. Only need OS on boot device set on bios.

But...you do. I've just done it again. Boot drive stays the same, second drive replaced, boot up - No OS present.

Then you're not selecting the correct drive in bios. I've replaced second drives myself in PCBS recently and never seen this issue. But I have seen systems get the boot drive in bios wrong after rebuilding a system, and had to go re-set it in bios again.

[IamNoOne]

You don't seem to understand what I'm saying. In the real world if you change a second hard drive (ie - not the boot drive) you do not have to touch the BIOS. In this game it seems to always treat a hard drive replacement - whether it's the boot drive or not - as the boot drive which it shouldn't do.

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Originally posted by Whateva:

You don't seem to understand what I'm saying. In the real world if you change a second hard drive (ie - not the boot drive) you do not have to touch the BIOS. In this game it seems to always treat a hard drive replacement - whether it's the boot drive or not - as the boot drive which it shouldn't do.

You must not of built many computers then. In the ideal world that would be the case and fantastic. In the real world, almost every time you change anything in the computer there's a 50% chance that the bios will just flip around boot order at random and try to boot to the wrong drive. It happens all the time. Most commonly happens if say for example the secondary drive was Seagate, but you replace it with a Western Digital, and then the bios will just reset boot order and you'll have to re-do it all yourself. Seen that tons of times. It happens a lot.

[ShiaNox]

Originally posted by Impending Rentacle Tape:

Originally posted by Whateva:

You don't seem to understand what I'm saying. In the real world if you change a second hard drive (ie - not the boot drive) you do not have to touch the BIOS. In this game it seems to always treat a hard drive replacement - whether it's the boot drive or not - as the boot drive which it shouldn't do.

You must not of built many computers then. In the ideal world that would be the case and fantastic. In the real world, almost every time you change anything in the computer there's a 50% chance that the bios will just flip around boot order at random and try to boot to the wrong drive. It happens all the time. Most commonly happens if say for example the secondary drive was Seagate, but you replace it with a Western Digital, and then the bios will just reset boot order and you'll have to re-do it all yourself. Seen that tons of times. It happens a lot.

It also may swap when changing GPU or just a monitor. If for any reason the old values do not match up with the current hardware your bios MAY reset to default values which are not predictable for the boot orders.

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Originally posted by Shia:

It also may swap when changing GPU or just a monitor. If for any reason the old values do not match up with the current hardware your bios MAY reset to default values which are not predictable for the boot orders.

Yep, this. Computers will change anything all the time. It would be awesome if they would make computers just randomly flip around boot order in PCBS with no warning. Keep people on their toes. One of my computers will change boot order if I forget and leave a flash drive or my DSLR camera plugged into it.

[IamNoOne]

Originally posted by Impending Rentacle Tape:

Originally posted by Whateva:

You don't seem to understand what I'm saying. In the real world if you change a second hard drive (ie - not the boot drive) you do not have to touch the BIOS. In this game it seems to always treat a hard drive replacement - whether it's the boot drive or not - as the boot drive which it shouldn't do.

You must not of built many computers then. In the ideal world that would be the case and fantastic. In the real world, almost every time you change anything in the computer there's a 50% chance that the bios will just flip around boot order at random and try to boot to the wrong drive. It happens all the time. Most commonly happens if say for example the secondary drive was Seagate, but you replace it with a Western Digital, and then the bios will just reset boot order and you'll have to re-do it all yourself. Seen that tons of times. It happens a lot.

Actually I have been building custom PCs for over 20 years. Muppet.

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Originally posted by Whateva:

In the real world if you change a second hard drive (ie - not the boot drive) you do not have to touch the BIOS.

Originally posted by Whateva:

Actually I have been building custom PCs for over 20 years. Muppet.

If this statement were actually true then you would know that part of the standard practice of working on any computer involves always having to go in to bios and verify the boot order is correct after replacing a second hard drive in any computer. You also would not of made your previous comment I quoted above.

[ScareCrow]

Originally posted by Impending Rentacle Tape:

Originally posted by Whateva:

You don't seem to understand what I'm saying. In the real world if you change a second hard drive (ie - not the boot drive) you do not have to touch the BIOS. In this game it seems to always treat a hard drive replacement - whether it's the boot drive or not - as the boot drive which it shouldn't do.

You must not of built many computers then. In the ideal world that would be the case and fantastic. In the real world, almost every time you change anything in the computer there's a 50% chance that the bios will just flip around boot order at random and try to boot to the wrong drive. It happens all the time. Most commonly happens if say for example the secondary drive was Seagate, but you replace it with a Western Digital, and then the bios will just reset boot order and you'll have to re-do it all yourself. Seen that tons of times. It happens a lot.

This is true, I'm not a pro but I've had this happen a few times on my own computers

[ScareCrow]

one thing is definatly weird though, is when you replace all harddrive on a computer, boot up and go through the format procedures then install virus program and do a scan you still find viruses, on empty drives! that I have never encountered in real life LOL I guess the contract decides that there is viruses and so you get full score for clearing viruses, but there really shouldnt be any on new empty drives

[Vozkii]

Originally posted by Whateva:

You don't seem to understand what I'm saying. In the real world if you change a second hard drive (ie - not the boot drive) you do not have to touch the BIOS. In this game it seems to always treat a hard drive replacement - whether it's the boot drive or not - as the boot drive which it shouldn't do.

just change it in the bios it isnt that hard

[Turbo]

Originally posted by ScareCrow:

one thing is definatly weird though, is when you replace all harddrive on a computer, boot up and go through the format procedures then install virus program and do a scan you still find viruses, on empty drives! that I have never encountered in real life LOL I guess the contract decides that there is viruses and so you get full score for clearing viruses, but there really shouldnt be any on new empty drives

Yeah, for some reason viruses still seem to be tied to the case instead of being migrated to the drive like the OS is now. If it makes you feel any better, think of them as BIOS viruses.