Dizzle229 Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 Hi guys. My computers current operating system is Vista. I have another hardrive that I want to put in (I have 4 hardrive slots), but there's a problem. The hardrive that I want to put in uses Windows XP. If I put in the second hardrive, will there be any problems? If so, will there be a solution form these problems? Thanks in advance Get back here so I can rub your butt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto_the_Phoenix Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Unless you previously installed Windows XP from your machine (meaning the one you're talking about), AND the bootloader from Vista can point to your other hard disk, you won't be able to use XP at all. Other than that, there shouldn't be any real issues. Linux User/Enthusiast | Full-Stack Software Engineer | Stack Overflow Member | GIMP User...Alright, the Elf City update lured me back to RS over a year ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzle229 Posted November 13, 2008 Author Share Posted November 13, 2008 Explain please, I'm what's known as... technologically challenged. Basically, my current computer automatically uses Vista. I want to put in a second hardrive that has XP on it, while keeping the one with Vista. I'm not sure about this because my friend has one hardrive with Vista and one with Ubnutu, and he can switch between them. Get back here so I can rub your butt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloter Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 A bootloader is what you need. A bootloader is like its name says it is a menu that loads first. It will allow you to select though partitions on your hard drives to boot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzle229 Posted November 13, 2008 Author Share Posted November 13, 2008 So when I start up with a bootloader, I will get to choose which hardrive I want to use for now? Get back here so I can rub your butt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsavi Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Not really the harddrive, the operating system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloter Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 No your morely selecting a partition to boot from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsavi Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 And you usually don't have more than one bootable OS on one partition, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloter Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 And you usually don't have more than one bootable OS on one partition, right? Recovery partitions are sometimes there if you buy a prebuilt pc and stroage partitions. I will stop here don't want to confuse the originial poster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzle229 Posted November 14, 2008 Author Share Posted November 14, 2008 So bottom line: If I put in the new hardrive,, whenever I turn my computer on I'll get to decide which OS I want to use, depending on what I'll be doing? Get back here so I can rub your butt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloter Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 So bottom line: If I put in the new hardrive,, whenever I turn my computer on I'll get to decide which OS I want to use, depending on what I'll be doing? Yes you will jsut have to install a bootloader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClareJonsson Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Another option is to have 2 hard drives, load each OS onto them individually, and then change the boot order in the BIOS, this means you are not sucked into any boot loaders, and you can kill any OS at any time. This is what I do and it is a much safer option. [Assist-X] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloter Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 Another option is to have 2 hard drives, load each OS onto them individually, and then change the boot order in the BIOS, this means you are not sucked into any boot loaders, and you can kill any OS at any time. This is what I do and it is a much safer option. Good point. On top of that you can use the boot menu to just choose what HDD to boot from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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