Ok so here is the story:
I got a Mac Pro a year ago and split the hard drive into two. One partition for OS X and the other for Windows 7. A few months ago, I got my first SSD and installed a new copy of Windows 7 on it. Obviously I deleted the Windows 7 partition from the existing HDD before I installed a fresh copy on the SSD.
Just last week, I got another SSD for OS X. I installed a fresh copy of OS X Lion on that disk. I KEPT my old OS X install for "just in case". Everything seemed to work fine.
So what I have now are three Target Disks when I run the Bootcamp Control Panel in Windows 7 (and the Startup Disk in OS X Settings):
Macintosh HD - OLD OS X install on the standard HDD
Bootcamp - Windows 7 on my first SSD
OS X HDD - NEW OS X install on the new SSD
However, I decided to play SWTOR this weekend. I was able to successfully boot into Windows 7. However, I wanted to go back to OS X that night and I wanted to use the NEW OS X install on the SSD. Windows shut down, the Mac booted up and I heard the Mac "ding" noise. My monitor did not wake up (stayed black, I usually get a white screen). It stayed there for 15 seconds, then it decided to boot into Windows 7 again. I kept trying and trying but I was not able to get back to the OS X install on the SSD.
My current solution: I have to boot into my OS X install on my OLD standard HDD, then select the SSD as the startup disk THROUGH OS X for it to work.
Does this make sense? Do you know if there is a solution to go from Windows 7 TO my new OS X install? I thought about taking out my old HDD and seeing if that worked, but I did not want to break anything.
Everything works fine on the OS X Side. I can boot to any hard driver perfectly fine no matter which OS X install I am using. My Windows 7 install can successfully boot BACK into the OLD OS X install, but it cannot boot into the NEW OS X install.
Oh and do not tell me to hold down alt at the computer startup, I have a logitech wireless keyboard and it does not detect my key presses until it has booted up. I had to dig out my USB keyboard in order to install a fresh copy of lion.
I got a Mac Pro a year ago and split the hard drive into two. One partition for OS X and the other for Windows 7. A few months ago, I got my first SSD and installed a new copy of Windows 7 on it. Obviously I deleted the Windows 7 partition from the existing HDD before I installed a fresh copy on the SSD.
Just last week, I got another SSD for OS X. I installed a fresh copy of OS X Lion on that disk. I KEPT my old OS X install for "just in case". Everything seemed to work fine.
So what I have now are three Target Disks when I run the Bootcamp Control Panel in Windows 7 (and the Startup Disk in OS X Settings):
Macintosh HD - OLD OS X install on the standard HDD
Bootcamp - Windows 7 on my first SSD
OS X HDD - NEW OS X install on the new SSD
However, I decided to play SWTOR this weekend. I was able to successfully boot into Windows 7. However, I wanted to go back to OS X that night and I wanted to use the NEW OS X install on the SSD. Windows shut down, the Mac booted up and I heard the Mac "ding" noise. My monitor did not wake up (stayed black, I usually get a white screen). It stayed there for 15 seconds, then it decided to boot into Windows 7 again. I kept trying and trying but I was not able to get back to the OS X install on the SSD.
My current solution: I have to boot into my OS X install on my OLD standard HDD, then select the SSD as the startup disk THROUGH OS X for it to work.
Does this make sense? Do you know if there is a solution to go from Windows 7 TO my new OS X install? I thought about taking out my old HDD and seeing if that worked, but I did not want to break anything.
Everything works fine on the OS X Side. I can boot to any hard driver perfectly fine no matter which OS X install I am using. My Windows 7 install can successfully boot BACK into the OLD OS X install, but it cannot boot into the NEW OS X install.
Oh and do not tell me to hold down alt at the computer startup, I have a logitech wireless keyboard and it does not detect my key presses until it has booted up. I had to dig out my USB keyboard in order to install a fresh copy of lion.