how to make sata slave {urgent]

[almighty]

hello mates
i ve 80 GB sata with xp pro installed
last nite my bro wants some data from my pc so he brought his another sata of 80 gb in which xp is also installed
now i wanna know if i connect both the hdd in my pc
HOW MY PC RECOGNIZE WHICH HDD TO USE OR WHICH OS TO USE?
plz help me

 

[Sukhdeep Singh]

There is no Master slave on SATA AFAIK. Select the Boot HDD from HDD

 

[almighty]

^^^ thanx mate
how my pc recognize which OS to use coz both hdd ve XP pro
???
plz guide me properly

 

[Anindya]

when u switch on ur pc press del and fo to BIOS then from there go to BOOT DEVICE option and select the HDD from which u want to boot thats all.

 

[almighty]

^^^ anindya thanx
but cud u plz tell me wen i enter in BIOS
do i get an option to chose from these 2 hdd
and how i know which hdd i ve to select in BIOS to boot?

ne1 dere plz help me sir
i don much dat's y am asking here
plz share ur knowledge

 

[Sukhdeep Singh]

^^^ anindya thanx
but cud u plz tell me wen i enter in BIOS
do i get an option to chose from these 2 hdd
and how i know which hdd i ve to select in BIOS to boot?

ne1 dere plz help me sir
i don much dat's y am asking here
plz share ur knowledge

Yes, you will get a Option to select which hardrive to boot. If you want to temporarily boot a hardrive, you can press F10 for an Intel Mobo

 

[almighty]

hummmm
wat is temporarily boot
my pc config. is amd 2800+ via motherboard
how i can use this facility in my pc
can i?