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Switching HD's and installing o/s
Name: Garry Date: September 20, 2004 at 14:13:15 Pacific OS: Windows2000 Pro CPU/Ram: P4 1.7Ghz / 256MB
Comment:
Im running windows 2000 only, i want to know if i can switch my hard drive with a blank one and install winxp on it, and be able to switch back to my old HD and have win2000 work normally. Im sure you can, i just want a 2nd person to say, just in case ;)
Name: Richard59 Date: September 20, 2004 at 14:19:11 Pacific
Reply:
Sure can do it that way but why not add the new harddrive as a slave and just instal XP to that. It will create a dualboot system that will give you a choice at startup of which XP you wish to use. That way there's no need to go shifting hardware around every time you want to switch systems.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him to fish and you feed him for life.
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Response Number 2
Name: Richard59 Date: September 20, 2004 at 14:20:23 Pacific
Reply:
That should say "which OS" not "which XP"
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him to fish and you feed him for life.
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Response Number 3
Name: rrlyon Date: September 20, 2004 at 14:20:36 Pacific
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Install the new drive as a slave and do the XP install to it. The setup should give you a selection menu to start the version of Windows you want. Good luck
Richard
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Response Number 4
Name: Garry Date: September 20, 2004 at 14:21:24 Pacific
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I've always wanted to duel boot, so if i just install it and install xp it'll set up the boot selection? I have a operating system selection but i only have 2000 on here.
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Response Number 5
Name: Garry Date: September 20, 2004 at 14:28:27 Pacific
Reply:
sweet i'll try it
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Name: Garry Date: September 20, 2004 at 19:12:03 Pacific
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