Two hard drive with windows xp

[Muddy]

Im thinking about adding another hard drive to my PC. I want both my current hard drive and the new hard drive to be on windows XP and when I start my PC I wanted to ask me which drive to boot from.

Has anyone tried having two hard drives, both on windows XP? Any problems?

 

[Bitterlittleman]

may i ask why not just use one OS and two HD's?

 

[Muddy]

Well, I want to use one drive just for the internet and sportsbetting. Nothing else, no ms word, excel, access, outlook, nothing else....and I want another drive for everything else and the internet. I have to install the operating system on both, right?

 

[Bitterlittleman]

I have never tried this type of configuration so I can't say for sure. However, my guess is that yes you would need to install an OS on each hd.

 

[Woody0]

No, you only need one copy of your OS. Just put your browser or another copy (or download) of your browser on the drive you will use for Internet.

I think it's possible that two copies of the OS may cause conflicts.

Another thought is that under XP you should be able to create a separate logon identity and allow only that identity to access your second drive.

 

[Mr.Smith]

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