If you can reply to this question first before I give the details of how to do it, then it might save some time and we can procede from there.
Unfortunately no, I can only have one HD in the PC at a time. So you have only one disk in the PC and another one which you remove and put in a tray when you want to run opensuse is that correct? One HD in the PC. That's it. So ... if openSuse HD is in the PC then that's what I use. If I want to use win 7, I have to shut down, remove the HD with openSuse on it, and insert my HD with win 7 on it and turn the PC back on. I actually have 4 separate HDs with win 7, openSuse, Fedora 16 and Ubuntu 11.10. So I can use whichever one I want, just have to shut down, remove the HD that's in there and put in one that I want. The HDs are in a mobile rack from Addonics www.addonics.com It's the snap-in series. The rack is mounted in the PC and you open it, slip in an HD, close it and lock it then boot the PC. I think the web page has a picture of the rack. Meanwhile, I'll look for the legal info on the PC or in the booklet so I can get the win 7 iso legally. Thanks again. Bob Hi, I took a look at the HD mount that you talk about in your post. It looks like it fits in one of the optical disk drive bays and allows you to remove the HD from the front of the computer. If I have this all wrong, you can correct me easily. You have it right. You just unlock it and flip the door open and
On 3/21/2012 2:30 PM, Mark Misulich wrote: the HD comes out like it shows. It does fir in one of the optical drive bays. You may have to modify the case at the front to get that rack to fit. If it is the situation that this HD mount is a sort of add-on unit that fits in the optical drive bay, is it possible that there are internal mounting bays for hard drives that are only accessible by taking the side cover off of the computer? Not sure about internal mounting bays. The one I use is accessible from the front of the PC tower. It just opens lie the picture shows on that web page. It has to be connected inside the case in an empty drive bay. Knowledgeable guys like you should have no problem connecting it. Just be sure you have 2 bays in case one is used by a HD. My PC is a Dell Inspiron which is about 1 1/2 years old. They may have modified the bays. Do you have a link to win 7 .iso legal copy. I assume with the .iso I can use it to install win 7 as a guest in V Box. Thanks. Bob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org