Can i dual boot

ContraContra
edited July 2005 in Science & Tech
i have win xp home on 1 HD and win xp x64 pro on the other
how can i set it up to when my comp starts it ask me what version i wanna use

in essence what hd do i wanna use (i think)

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  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited June 2005
    If you wanted to make it easier on yourself just have both drives installed in the machine when you install Windows x64. It will generate the necessary changes to boot.ini. However, that doesn't seem to be an option seeing as you've already installed it.

    You'll have to edit the boot.ini file on your primary hard drive and add an entry for the other OS. First, pick which hard drive is going to have the primary OS. Boot up off the secondary drive and print out (on paper) your boot.ini file. To do that:
    Go to Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> System
    Click on Advanced tab
    Click on Startup and Recovery button
    Click the Edit button. Notepad will open up and you'll be looking at boot.ini.

    Next, boot up off your primary drive and add a new line on your primary OS's boot.ini under [operating systems]. Copy the entry from [operating systems] under your secondary OS to this line.

    This will only work if you didn't physically rearrange hard drives though if you did then you should read this about the syntax of boot.ini. Actually, you should read it anyway.

    Hope this helps.

    -drasnor :fold:
  • test_tube_tonytest_tube_tony Dallas TX Member
    edited July 2005
    can you dual boot 32 and 64 bit xp's from the same hard drive on separate partitions?

    EDIT. never mind. i say the other dual boot thread
  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited July 2005
    test_tube_tony wrote:
    can you dual boot 32 and 64 bit xp's from the same hard drive on separate partitions?
    That's how I do it.

    -drasnor :fold:
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