Reply With QuoteYes you can.Originally Posted by Abarth GT
I have xp home on my machine and i have a second hard drive that i am going to install but just for testing.. i dont want to use it for extra storage but just for testing different os.. creating ghost images.. formatting etc..
What im getting at is there a way that when i power up my pc i can choose which hard disk to boot from???
Yes you can.
You need a boot manager which is a program that allows you to select which partition and os you want to boot with each time you turn your computer on.
Try searching for "boot manager" in google or download.com, tucows.com etc and you find many results.
you should be able to set which drive to boot from in the BIOS.
Failing that you need a boot manager as bikey77 said.
Thats what i thought about boot manager. but rather than partition i want to be able to select which hard drive to boot from..
As for the bios i could do this but im sure i have seen somewhere a program with a graphical interface that when you start the pc it asks which hard disk to boot from...
if there are 2 op systems you will get the option when booting pc
So if i have 2 hard drives, each with an os then when i start the pc will it automatically ask me which one i want too load??
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just set your main hard drive to master and 1st boot device,and storgae HD to slave 2nd boot device and thats it,dont need to partition the 2nd hard drive at all,i have 3 HD`s in my comp
sorry ignore my post,didnt read the full thread properly.
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