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Article #376Re: Multi-boot Windows XP without special software
From: kony
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 00:23
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 00:23
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On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 09:48:37 -0800, "Timothy Daniels" <TDaniels@NoSpamDot.com> wrote: > >"Lane Lewis" wrote: >> >> You don't have to do any of that. Windows has it's own loader, >> just divide your drive into two partitions and load one version >> then the other. Startup will give you a choice between the two. > > > What is "any of that"? Assuming that you would want the >safety of a second drive in case the 1st one fails, you still need >2 hard drives. And if you want your basic system on both >hard drives, you'd still need to image it from one hard drive >to the other. > >*TimDaniels* IIRC, it doesn't matter whether it's a 2nd partition or 2nd drive, the NT boot loader will handle either. Dave
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