RE: Can Windows XP run on two hard drives?

From: roland (roland98_at_go.com.holdthespamplease)
Date: 01/29/05 

Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 17:05:02 -0800

I don't want to format it because I don't want to lose the data on my old
hard drive. That's why I am putting the old HD in the new computer and going
through this entire process. But thanks anyway.

"Andrew E." wrote:

> You really dont need 2 xps installed,free up slave by going to my computer,
> R.click on the drive,select,format.Or go to run,type:diskmgmt.msc In msc
> R.click,format,then after,highlite,actions,all,make active,restart computer.
> You should also set slave as a page file for xp,system properties,advanced,
> virtual-memory,change button,highlite a drive,select,let windows manage,click
> set 2X,then do same for other,close-out,restart computer.
>
> "roland" wrote:
>
> > My new computer arrives tomorrow - Dell P4, 2.8GHz, 512 DDR SDRAM. I want to
> > take the hard drive out of my existing computer (I have lots of programs and
> > data I don't want to lose or move) and install it as either the master or the
> > slave. Both HDs have Windows XP home SP2 and the old one is compatible, a
> > W.D. EIDE 10MB. I know well how to do the install. My questions are: Should
> > I
> > remove one instance of Windows XP? Will it cause a problem at any time
> > having both instances on. How do I remove one instance if I want to free up
> > HD space? Or, should I leave both on just in case I have a HD failure in the
> > future? Thanks.
> > -Roland
> >
> >