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Done - No Joy
When I say "double boots" I mean that it takes two tries to boot. Following is the boot order I had and then the default boot order:
CD/DVD
HDD
USB Key/HDD
!USB Floppy
!Network Adapter
USB Floppy
CD/DVD
HDD
USB Key/HDD
USB CD/DVD
Edit: However, before the BIOS upgrade to F.49, and before I started changing things around, the HDD was the first boot device; when I'm not working on something like this, I always let the HDD be the first boot device. Also, during installation of 8/8.1 on the WD Blue, the laptop booted to the 8.0 DVD when it should. It even booted to the Windows 7 DVD when I was trying to install.
No matter if I have a bootable DVD in the DVD drive or not, the exact same thing happens on bootup; a tiny flash of the message the first time and then a little longer when the laptop boots (on the second try)
Huh? Hit a key when!?
Ummm, I've been working on this issue besides the help you guys are giving me. At the moment I have installed Windows 8 (upgraded all the way to 8.1 Update 1) on the new WD Blue hard drive. (I had to know if it was trash, since I couldn't get Windows 7 to install on it.) I had hoped I might find a cure, but no luck there. So . . . on to bigger and better . . .
I put Windows 8.1 in the primary drive bay and put Windows 10 in the secondary bay. Here's the kicker: BIOS does not give me an option to put the second drive in the boot order; however, it's recognized in Startup Options.
Since Windows 10 is in the secondary bay already, I can remove Windows 8.1 from the primary bay.
I ran down to the local computer shop yesterday to get a HDD holder for the secondary bay and told him about the problem and the help from you guys. I said I might have to bring the computer to him, but he said he wouldn't have a clue. I'm not sure anyone else has ever seen this problem.
I'm about at the point of asking myself if it's worth taking up my time and yours (all of you) with this issue.