Re: Dual Hard Drives - 2 different operating systems

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They have moved the site. Try this one: http://www.ranish.com/part/xosl.htm


"Roseeone" <Roseeone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:C299EE0D-009A-4869-B7BA-90B3F4E4D9BD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Went to the web site you suggested but everything is in Russian (??) so I
did
> not down load anything. Thanks for the suggestion though.
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
>
> >
> > "Roseeone" <Roseeone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:C9F32ACD-5B3D-4078-95F4-63C228659228@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > I want to install a second hard drive into my computer. The C drive
is
> > Win
> > > XP. The drive I want to install is using Win ME which I want to keep
> > because
> > > of the data on it. Is it possible to install the second hard drive
and
> > when
> > > booting up be given the option of which OS I want to boot to. Or does
it
> > > need to be done some other way??
> > >
> > > I am looking for the easiest, safest and the potentially least
destructive
> > > to either drive.
> >
> > Here is a recipe to do this. It assumes that WinXP is
> > installed on an NTFS partition. If it's on a FAT partition
> > then an additional step would be required.
> > 1. Download the XOSL boot manager. It is free at
> > http://www.volny.cz/xosl/archcz/xosl115/
> > 2. Install the WinME disk as a slave disk or as the
> > secondary master.
> > 3. Install XOSL on the slave disk. Make sure
> > ***not*** to select the option that says "Install on
> > a dedicated partition".
> > 4. Reboot the machine. The XOSL menu will come up.
> > 5. Add WinXP and WinME to the XOSL boot menu.
> >
> > That's it! You will now have the option of booting into
> > WinXP or into WinME. In each case the system drive
> > letter will be C:.
> >
> >
> >


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