How to Install Motherboard Drivers on a Second Hard Drive
If the operating system on your second hard drive is not automatically detecting the drivers for your motherboard, or if you are wanting to reinstall the drivers to your computer as a troubleshooting method, the best option is to download the drivers from the manufacturer's website and manually install them to your computer. To install drivers to your second hard drive, the drive must be installed with an operating system, and you must be able to boot from the drive.
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Instructions
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Go to your computer manufacturer's website. Navigate to the "Support" page. Input your computer's model number and type.
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Select from the list of operating systems the one installed on your second hard drive. Download the listed motherboard drivers to an empty folder on your second hard drive.
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Restart your computer. Before the OS loading screen appears, access your BIOS setup utility. In most cases, the key to access BIOS setup is displayed on the PC's start-up screen.
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Reconfigure your BIOS settings so that your computer's boot priority is set to the second hard drive. Contact your motherboard's manufacturer, or check your PC's documentation, if you don't know how to change the BIOS settings.
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Navigate to the folder where you installed the motherboard's drivers after your OS loads. Open any compressed files in WinRAR, WinZIP or other file extraction program to unzip them, if applicable.
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Double-click each executable file, one by one, to install the drivers to your computer. Do not open all of the executable files at once, as this could cause system instability.
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Tips & Warnings
Check the dates to next to the driver to make sure you are downloading the most recent version.
Email or call your computer's manufacturer if you cannot find the driver download page on their website.
If your second hard drive is not set as master or cable select, you must remove the drive from your computer, change the jumpers to the correct setting, and then reinstall it to your computer.
If your computer's manufacturer does not list the motherboard drivers on their website, go to your BIOS setup screen to find out your motherboard's manufacturer and model, and download the drivers from the motherboard manufacturer's website.
Windows Vista or 7 32-bit drivers will not work on a Window Vista or 7 64-bit OS and vice versa.
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cobraviking
Jan 26, 2010
I want to use an external hard drive as the prymary boot drive on a laptop,, can one explain to me what exactly i need to do to achieve this?
