Re: Two Drives, two XP's.




<beantowna@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Given my bad luck with OS's I want to install two version of windows XP
on two separate drives. Right now I have XP installed on the C:\ drive
and I want to install another one instance on another drive I just
installed. I tried just booting from the CD, but it keeps relating back
to the current version. Any ideas?


beantown:
In addition to the suggestions you've already received, you might want to
consider the following...

Assuming you're working with a desktop PC and you have an available (vacant)
5 1/4" bay in your computer case...

Why not install a removable HDD (mobile rack) in the machine to house your
second HDD? There are so many advantages to this arrangement (including your
objective of equipping your PC with multiple operating systems) I hardly
know where to start.

If you (or anyone else for that matter) might have any interest at all in
such a hardware configuration or would just like to have some more info on
it, so indicate and I'll "flesh" things out.
Anna


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