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I have HP ProBook 4430s in which Window 10 Pro is installed (HDD).  I want to add one more hard disk (HDD, not SSD or NVMe) in which windows 7 is installed and wants to boot from windows 7 HDD and vice versa when required, how is that possible without removing optical disk drive??

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@tagdatiger wrote:

some says that is possible by using some kind of 3.0 USB cord, is that true?


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That is true for EXTERNAL drive. You can use one or two or three EXTERNAL drives

 

Hope this makes sense.

 

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@tagdatiger 

 

This is an old machine, it ONLY has one bay for HDD, you can't NOT add another HDD. Many people use option by replacing ODD but believe me, that is good for storage, not good for boot drive. You can try

 

              https://www.howtogeek.com/197647/how-to-dual-boot-windows-10-with-windows-7-or-8/

 

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how is that possible without removing optical disk drive??

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@tagdatiger 

 

As I said above, it is impossible to add one more disk drive w/o removing ODD.

 

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some says that is possible by using some kind of 3.0 USB cord, is that true?

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@tagdatiger wrote:

some says that is possible by using some kind of 3.0 USB cord, is that true?


@tagdatiger 

 

That is true for EXTERNAL drive. You can use one or two or three EXTERNAL drives

 

Hope this makes sense.

 

Regards.

BH
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