Hi
I've recently built the rig detailed in my sig. I've had it up and running with WinXP SP2 installed.
I also have my previous PC with a 300GB Maxtor HD with WinXP SP2 installed. I've been using this for the last two years and it has everything from games to documents to music on it.
What I'd like to do is simply put the 300GB Maxtor HDD into the new rig and have the option of booting to either install of Win XP. Is this as straightforward as I'm hoping it is?
Is there another way of being able to boot into either install that I should be using instead?
Also, what should I be doing about the physical connections for the two drives?
I've done a dual-boot before with XP, but that was with one HDD that I partitioned - I'm just not sure what difference (if any) there will be with two HDD's.
Thanks!
I've recently built the rig detailed in my sig. I've had it up and running with WinXP SP2 installed.
I also have my previous PC with a 300GB Maxtor HD with WinXP SP2 installed. I've been using this for the last two years and it has everything from games to documents to music on it.
What I'd like to do is simply put the 300GB Maxtor HDD into the new rig and have the option of booting to either install of Win XP. Is this as straightforward as I'm hoping it is?
Is there another way of being able to boot into either install that I should be using instead?
Also, what should I be doing about the physical connections for the two drives?
I've done a dual-boot before with XP, but that was with one HDD that I partitioned - I'm just not sure what difference (if any) there will be with two HDD's.
Thanks!