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I have two OS drives, and occasionally switch back and forth. The only way I know to do this is to go into BIOS setup during startup, and make the drive I want to boot from the #1 drive. But there must be an easier way to do it, that doesn't require me to enter BIOS setup each time.

Does anybody know?? Thank you!

Which OSes are you dealing with?

It's actually two copies of Windows 7, quite simple.

Haha, thanks kleinkinstein.

Actually Windows' bootloader will work too. Just go to System Properties (right click on Computer -> Properties). Then in the left panel, select "Advanced System Settings". In the "Start up and recovery" area, click on the button and you can configure the OS selection.

GRUB could work too.

That's what EasyBCD does...well not in those terms, but just configures the NT Bootloader.

Me and EasyBCD had issues...I ended up making BOTH drives unbootable, none of the recovery options worked, and I've spent much of today reinstalling Windows from scratch.

I've learned my lesson and will not be messing with this stuff any more. Thanks for the suggestions, though.

No need for 3rd party software, just do it from within Windows as LatiosXT mentioned, & you'll get a menu that asks you to select which OS you want to boot into every time you start your PC.

There's also the option on just about every motherboard to enter the boot menu (F8 on some boards, F12 on others, but can vary depending on manufacturer) after POST, from which you simply select which drive to boot from.