Hi,
I have a laptop with Windows 7 Ultimate as the bootable C:\ drive and wish to add a 2nd bootable drive using a caddy holding the 2nd HDD in a modular bay.
If I wish to install Windows XP on the 2nd HDD it will presumably be configured as the D:\ drive and all the programs installed on it will adopt the assignation as being on D:\
Am I correct in assuming that if I swapped this drive into the main laptop drive bay most or none of the programs would work as their configuration would not be set up for a C:\ drive?
I would prefer to get the 2nd bootable OS on the drive in the caddy as it will save constantly having to remove the C:\ drive and swap it with the 2nd drive. I am sure this is a fairly common issue, it's just that I have never set up this type of configuration before.
Rgds
Binty
I have a laptop with Windows 7 Ultimate as the bootable C:\ drive and wish to add a 2nd bootable drive using a caddy holding the 2nd HDD in a modular bay.
If I wish to install Windows XP on the 2nd HDD it will presumably be configured as the D:\ drive and all the programs installed on it will adopt the assignation as being on D:\
Am I correct in assuming that if I swapped this drive into the main laptop drive bay most or none of the programs would work as their configuration would not be set up for a C:\ drive?
I would prefer to get the 2nd bootable OS on the drive in the caddy as it will save constantly having to remove the C:\ drive and swap it with the 2nd drive. I am sure this is a fairly common issue, it's just that I have never set up this type of configuration before.
Rgds
Binty