I have two installations of Windows XP on my computer, each on it's own dedicated hard drive. I use one as my main set up, and the other for testing e.g. installing beta software etc. before exposing my main system.
I want to dual-boot between them. I used to use xosl to dual-boot between Win98 installations in a similar set up, but that doesn't seem to work with XP. I'm currently resorting to physically (un)plugging the appropriate drives.
Any better suggestions? (Ideally a free software solution to dual-boot; or a secure hardware solution.)
2007-01-01 03:26:51 · 6 answers · asked by zarn 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
well there is the option of makin 1 master and the other a salve...the same can be done by changin the jumper setting of ur hard disk...jumpers are small plastic 2 pin caps...place them after checkin the sticker on the top surface of your harddisk...now whenever the comp starts press F8 to enter advanced settings..chose operating system choice menu and then select the one u want to........else simply u could enter the boot menu at system startup and selec the appropriate boot device.......
2007-01-01 03:33:15 · answer #1 · answered by AM 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here are two options I have used.
1. I purchased a copy of partition magic which comes with a program called bootmagic allowing multiple operating systems to boot from either waiting for user input or a default system on a timer.
2. I have installed removable caddies in the hard drive bays to quickly swap hard drives over. The machine still has to be turned off before removing a drives.
Hope this helps.
2007-01-01 03:41:30 · answer #2 · answered by Startrekforever 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pssst...virtual machine software. It will allow a "sandbox" environment to test without fear of borking your system.
If you're not interested in testing Linux distros, there is a free Microsoft solution (see second link)
If you need something for Linux, there is a $50 solution (see third link.)
2007-01-01 03:45:35 · answer #3 · answered by Wurm™ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no as windows 7 is upgraded version it doesn't support older versions. so its better backup ur drive and format your 2 partitions and install xp in one drive and then install win7 on the other.
2016-05-23 02:56:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
add this line to your boot.ini (start menu - run, type 'c:\boot.ini')
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)
partition(1)\WINDOWS=
"Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
as long as your second XP OS is at the first partition of the slave drive...and the windows folder is 'windows'
2007-01-01 03:41:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Read this article. http://www.winxpfix.com/page5.htm
2007-01-01 03:33:21 · answer #6 · answered by youshouldbedead 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋