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re: two hardrives one computer Monday, March 30, 2009 at 1:45 pm Posted by oleg (154 messages posted) I dont realy understand what you mean . Your operating system is on "C" unless you instaled it on "D" . The hard drives should be set up in BIOS as well as just puting the jumpers on one to master = the one where the operating system is installed , and the other as slave . If you have done that you should start on "C" and be able to acess and use "D" . You can also install a second operating system and when you start you will be asked which system you want to start . So have i understood ? , if not please explain exactly what you mean and what you want . [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: two hardrives one computer Monday, March 30, 2009 at 1:59 pm Posted by Rick (96 messages posted) HI ya sorta., you got it. .i guess i have not explained it as well as i could.. The one drive has win xp on it and the other is a bigger drive and has a new installed win XP but a different version When i installed both drives i selected the new install as the master.. When i booted up the new drive was labeled C and the other drive was labeled D Doing this allowed me too look at the files on the second drive but that was about it.. I want to choose which drive to use on line.. so do i have the operating system installed by having both drives with XP on them> I did not go to Bios and change anything, so that is the step i am missing?? What do i change if thats all there is too it.. Thanks hope i got it more clearer Thanks Rick On Monday, March 30, 2009 at 1:45 pm, oleg wrote: >I dont realy understand what you mean . Your operating system is on "C" unless you >instaled it on "D" . The hard drives should be set up in BIOS as well as just puting >the jumpers on one to master = the one where the operating system is installed , >and the other as slave . If you have done that you should start on "C" and be able >to acess and use "D" . > >You can also install a second operating system and when you start you will be asked >which system you want to start . > >So have i understood ? , if not please explain exactly what you mean and what you >want . [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: two hardrives one computer Monday, March 30, 2009 at 2:31 pm Posted by oleg (154 messages posted) I`m scratching my head now . Why do you want 2 diferent versions of XP on one computer ? What advantage are you seeking ? If i were you i would just delete the XP system on "D" the slave and use XP system on "C" the master . Please explain more and i think your issue is easy to solve . [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: two hardrives one computer Monday, March 30, 2009 at 2:44 pm Posted by Rick (96 messages posted) I just have alot of files and stuff that i want to leave on there, and dont want it on the new install. I went into Bios and it shows both drives, so i select the number 1 drive to boot up first and the second drive was selected. But it wont give me a choice of which to use.. goes to desktop and i see the second drive label as D. Maybe this is just to hard for me to figure out Rick On Monday, March 30, 2009 at 2:31 pm, oleg wrote: >I`m scratching my head now . Why do you want 2 diferent versions of XP on one computer >? What advantage are you seeking ? > >If i were you i would just delete the XP system on "D" the slave and use XP system >on "C" the master . > >Please explain more and i think your issue is easy to solve . [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: two hardrives one computer Monday, March 30, 2009 at 3:02 pm Posted by alex (2812 messages posted) ? What advantage are you seeking ?Try dual booting, you will find out. On Monday, March 30, 2009 at 2:31 pm, oleg wrote: >I`m scratching my head now . Why do you want 2 diferent versions of XP on one computer >? What advantage are you seeking ? > >If i were you i would just delete the XP system on "D" the slave and use XP system >on "C" the master . > >Please explain more and i think your issue is easy to solve . [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: two hardrives one computer Monday, March 30, 2009 at 3:10 pm Posted by alex (2812 messages posted) Try to modify the Boot.ini file. On Monday, March 30, 2009 at 2:44 pm, Rick wrote: >I just have alot of files and stuff that i want to leave on there, and dont want >it on the new install. >I went into Bios and it shows both drives, so i select the number 1 drive to boot >up first and the second drive was selected. >But it wont give me a choice of which to use.. goes to desktop and i see the second >drive label as D. > >Maybe this is just to hard for me to figure out > >Rick > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: two hardrives one computer Monday, March 30, 2009 at 3:10 pm Posted by Rick (96 messages posted) I dont know what u mean by duel booting and, by u saying u will find out doesn't sound very help-full.. Maybe i don't want an advantage , i just want to do it.. Rick On Monday, March 30, 2009 at 3:02 pm, alex wrote: >? What advantage are you seeking ?Try dual booting, you will find out. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: two hardrives one computer Monday, March 30, 2009 at 3:16 pm Posted by geek9pm (286 messages posted) Possible BOOT.INI file on first drive. [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect I does not matter what you call it, just the disk , portion and directory location matter. Geek9pm [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: two hardrives one computer Monday, March 30, 2009 at 3:39 pm Posted by oleg (154 messages posted) "Try dual booting, you will find out. " Life is not a quiz and i know what i do and why . I asked because i wanted to know exactly what Rick was doing and why . If you have nothing usefull or positive to say could you please keep that for yourself . Rick i think you mean either you have put a hard drive in your computer as your second hard drive that was a master in another computer , or you thought that to use the second hard drive you needed to put XP on it as well ? If not ignore me and change your boot .ini . [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: two hardrives one computer Monday, March 30, 2009 at 3:41 pm Posted by jack hall (308 messages posted) I don't think you can do what you want. Your requesting a dual boot setup using the same basic operating system. Read THIS. On Monday, March 30, 2009 at 1:18 pm, Rick wrote: >I know you can do this, but i don't understand how it works. >I did install two hard-drives and selected one as the >Master drive. >When i start the computer it goes to my desktop.. I go to my computer and i see the >other hard-drive. >I click on it and i can get excess to my programs and files. >But i thought that i could use either drive, like you would if you have one. I thought >on start up you could select the drive you want to use.. >The way it is now if i want to use the other drive.. i will have to unplug the one. > >Can you clear this up and is there such a things as selecting a drive to use. > >Thanks >Rick [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: two hardrives one computer Monday, March 30, 2009 at 3:43 pm Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) We often run across people that THINK they know what they want, but that's only because they haven't given enough thought to the overall picture. Dual (not duel) booting in your case seems to make little practical sense. There is so much more you can do with two disks than one, but you need to open your mind to the possibilities. On Monday, March 30, 2009 at 3:10 pm, Rick wrote: >I dont know what u mean by duel booting and, by u saying u will find out doesn't >sound very help-full.. >Maybe i don't want an advantage , i just want to do it.. >Rick > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: two hardrives one computer Monday, March 30, 2009 at 4:27 pm Posted by alex (2812 messages posted) You have a dual booting system already,that was for Oleg.He was asking for an advantage in dual booting.With dual booting you have two machines in one,there is always the second system you can run in case one goes down. On Monday, March 30, 2009 at 3:10 pm, Rick wrote: >I dont know what u mean by duel booting and, by u saying u will find out doesn't >sound very help-full.. >Maybe i don't want an advantage , i just want to do it.. >Rick > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: two hardrives one computer Monday, March 30, 2009 at 5:17 pm Posted by Rick (96 messages posted) Sorry i wasted your time.. i thought this might be a simple answer but most are stuck on, the practical and advantage of me doing this.. thats for me to decide.. Just wanted a simple answer but i guess there isn't one. I have heard of many people having 2 hard drives on there computers.. i have to wonder now how much frustration they went through. Rick On Monday, March 30, 2009 at 3:43 pm, Ricer46 wrote: >We often run across people that THINK they know what they want, but that's only because >they haven't given enough thought to the overall picture. Dual (not duel) booting >in your case seems to make little practical sense. There is so much more you can >do with two disks than one, but you need to open your mind to the possibilities. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: two hardrives one computer Monday, March 30, 2009 at 6:53 pm Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) I've got three hard drives in my computer, and haven't been the least bit frustrated by them. While there is no good reason to dual boot between to different installs of the same version of XP, you have been given the information on how to setup dual boot. So your question as to how to solve your problem had already been answered before I even threw in my 2 cents worth. Had you chosen to do the second install with both disk in place, dual boot would have been setup automatically for you. But you didn't bother to do learn before you acted... always a mistake. On Monday, March 30, 2009 at 5:17 pm, Rick wrote: > >Sorry i wasted your time.. i thought this might be a simple answer but most are stuck >on, the practical and advantage of me doing this.. thats for me to decide.. > >Just wanted a simple answer but i guess there isn't one. >I have heard of many people having 2 hard drives on there computers.. i have to wonder >now how much frustration they went through. > >Rick > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: two hardrives one computer Monday, March 30, 2009 at 6:59 pm Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) There are far more efficient methods than that to ensure quick recovery from some sort of failure. On Monday, March 30, 2009 at 4:27 pm, alex wrote: >You have a dual booting system already,that was for Oleg.He was asking for an advantage >in dual booting.With dual booting you have two machines in one,there is always the >second system you can run in case one goes down. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: two hardrives one computer Monday, March 30, 2009 at 7:05 pm Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) There is not a problem dual booting to two installs of the same version of OS, lot's of people do it accidentally, and post here asking how to get rid of it. But it is really a pointless way to setup a computer. On Monday, March 30, 2009 at 3:41 pm, jack hall wrote: >I don't think you can do what you want. Your requesting a dual boot setup using the >same basic operating system. Read THIS. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: two hardrives one computer Monday, March 30, 2009 at 7:05 pm Posted by Steve (23810 messages posted) When you have a dual boot PC, you can only use one OS at a time. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: two hardrives one computer Monday, March 30, 2009 at 8:44 pm Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) I didn't think of that... ya' think he actually wants to move between the two installs like fast user switching? On Monday, March 30, 2009 at 7:05 pm, Steve wrote: >When you have a dual boot PC, you can only use one OS at a time. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: two hardrives one computer Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 12:26 am Posted by geek9pm (286 messages posted) Hi Alex, I agree with you. With dual-booting you can do many things very quickly. 1. Boot into a stripped down XP that has less overhead. 2. Boot into a Version of XP that will NOT automatically connect to the network. 3. Boot int a Version of XP that was not damaged by a virus. You thne scan the partition that was infected. Some times this is the ONLY way to find the virus in a reasonable time frame. 4. Boot into a version of XP that is only used for your business. 5. Test or use programs that are mutually exclusive. 6. Take pride in doing something the somebody else does not like. It is not against the law. But moderation is a factor. I seldom have more than three OS on one computer. If I need something else, I go to another computer. Some of my PCs have only one OS. Geek9pm [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: two hardrives one computer Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 1:28 am Posted by geek9pm (286 messages posted) Dual-Core? Dual-Boot? Geek9pm [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: two hardrives one computer Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 3:47 am Posted by oleg (154 messages posted) So back to Rick . Rick do you want to use two operating systems or do you just want to use two hard disks ? If you want to use two operating systems thats already been explained . [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: two hardrives one computer Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 5:41 am Posted by Steve (23810 messages posted) I'm not sure, but thought I could throw in some more confusion just in case.:) [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: two hardrives one computer Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 6:18 am Posted by Rick (96 messages posted) hi On Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 3:47 am, oleg wrote: I think after hearing everybody's thoughts, i will just do what most do and , have one drive excessable to store files. I think i have did this already as, if i go to my computer i see the second drive labeled with the letter D. So from there i could store files to keep the other one cleaner.. How about that> Rick On Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 3:47 am, oleg wrote: >So back to Rick . > >Rick do you want to use two operating systems or do you just want to use two hard >disks ? > >If you want to use two operating systems thats already been explained . [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: two hardrives one computer Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 12:02 pm Posted by alex (2812 messages posted) I have 3 machines,XP&W98SE,XP&Vista and now I would like to do Linux&XP,but that's a bugger because the Linux is on 40G SSD. On Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 12:26 am, geek9pm wrote: >Hi Alex, I agree with you. With dual-booting you can do many things very quickly. > >1. Boot into a stripped down XP that has less overhead. >2. Boot into a Version of XP that will NOT automatically connect to the network. > >3. Boot int a Version of XP that was not damaged by a virus. You thne scan the partition >that was infected. Some times this is the ONLY way to find the virus in a reasonable >time frame. >4. Boot into a version of XP that is only used for your business. >5. Test or use programs that are mutually exclusive. >6. Take pride in doing something the somebody else does not like. It is not against >the law. >But moderation is a factor. I seldom have more than three OS on one computer. If >I need something else, I go to another computer. Some of my PCs have only one OS. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: two hardrives one computer Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 12:12 pm Posted by alex (2812 messages posted) You mean partition image but I think the average pc user wouldn't know how to dothat. On Monday, March 30, 2009 at 6:59 pm, Ricer46 wrote: >There are far more efficient methods than that to ensure quick recovery from some >sort of failure. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum