2 hd each bootable on same ide cable

I only have one PC. I purchased a new hard drive and windows XP home. I now
move the power and ide cable to the drive I want to boot from.
My ribbon and power supply will let me install two drives. I set to auto and
the PC gave me a C: and D: drive. When I installed the new XP on the second
drive and rebooted, the PC went nuts. Hence I reformatted the second drive,
moved the cables, installed XP and registered with MS. Now by moving the
cables I can boot from both drives.

Is there some way I can chouse, which drive to boot to and not have to keep
moving the cables?
My reason for doing this is security and speed. I go on the Internet with the
first HD and never with the second HD.

If I can install both HD’s and chouse which to boot from, would it be
possible while I’m online after booting from the first HD, someone could hack
into my second HD?

.

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