Cannot Change Boot Order

I bought a new HP Pavilion 6300 and added a second internal hard
drive (for data storage only). The new computer's hard drive (C is
a SATA and the add-on drive (F is a PATA with a ribbon cable. The
problem is that the computer defaults to the add-on (F drive on
start-up. On start-up, I go into the boot-order menu and select the
boot drive (C . . . everything goes fine, except that the selection
isn't saved (there is no option to save it), so every time I boot the
computer I have to go thru the
same procedure. There's no option to change the drive order or
anything like that -- just scroll through the options and hit enter
is
all you can do. Is there any way to get the computer to recognize C:
drive as the boot drive all the time? Thanks.

What exact model is your 6300?
http://h20180.www2.hp.com/apps/Nav?h...&lang=en&cc=us

Have you looked to see if there are updated BIOs?

On Feb 14, 4:10*pm, ShadowTek <psistormyam...@cs.com> wrote:
> What exact model is your 6300?http://h20180.www2.hp.com/apps/Nav?h...ang=en&h_cc=us...
>
> Have you looked to see if there are updated BIOs?

Thanks for the reply. I figured out my own problem. It gives me the
option on startup to go into the "boot order" menu. But I cannot make
permanent changes there -- instead, I went into the "setup" menu and
was able to permanently change the boot order.