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Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 07:24:27 -0800
From: donc <countach99@xxxxxxxxxxx>
The problem is that the old C: drive becomes the D; drive,
but the Registry entries in the old Windows still point to C:
Therefore the programs on the old drive won't execute.
An OS needs to be installed on a drive to properly execute there.
When you disconnect one drive, there is no such problem. When you use
the Linux Loader (LILO), you can hide the unwanted drive, again no
problem. I've done both many times.
I have always found maintaining two OS's on one system to be
confusing and ultimately too much trouble.
Sometimes necessary when windows fails to support some desired program
after installation of the "latest". Nowdays, you can buy software to
make this a breeze: VMware. (and I stopped multibooting when I first
had a 'leftover and "old"' computer -- networking is a far better answer)
But moving data/programs off the old drive is easy (in skilled hands)
and if the person offering the new hard disk cannot do such a simple
task, they are the wrong person for the job. Find another, alleged
computer geeks lurk on everycorner.
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From: "RB" <rhodes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 23:46:49 -0500
So now I have 2 hard drives my new one and my old one. I was
wondering if there is a way for me to be able to bootup and use my
old hard drive, if I wanted to, at times? If there is a way to
boot to any one of the two hard drives. How can I do it?
Two ways.
Disconnect the unwanted drive.
or
Use a bootloader. There is probably something popular and
specific to windows, but I learned how to do this back in win 3.11
days. Chances are that a linux technique is not useful to you, so
try looking up on google for 'windows bootloader'.
If what you really want is applications or data off the old drive,
installed on the new drive, that can be done too.
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