installin 2 os's

j3wcl@w · 03-30-2008, 05:16 AM

Hi i was just wondering if anyone has ever installed 2 o/s on a 2 seprate hard drives cos i have 2/ 70 gg wd raptors and so wanna install xp on one and vista 64 on the other while i can just change the boot priority to change o/s.

Mak213 · 03-30-2008, 06:35 AM

Yes. I haev 3 drives and have had a OS on each of them. I have installed 4 different OS's at a time before.

bonaventure · 03-31-2008, 05:46 AM

just wondering is your computer go slow if you have many OS?

Mak213 · 03-31-2008, 07:51 AM

No. Only 1 OS is running at any time. So there is no speed taken away from it.

surgeVel · 03-31-2008, 09:43 AM

Use a good boot manager too, such as XOSL. (google it)

That will make using your dual-OS configuration all the easier.

EricB · 03-31-2008, 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by surgeVel

Use a good boot manager too, such as XOSL. (google it)

That will make using your dual-OS configuration all the easier.

I think that he has the right idea. he using the bios or f12 to boot, so no boot loader is needed

Quote:

Originally Posted by j3wcl@w

Hi i was just wondering if anyone has ever installed 2 o/s on a 2 seprate hard drives cos i have 2/ 70 gg wd raptors and so wanna install xp on one and vista 64 on the other while i can just change the boot priority to change o/s.

j3wcl@w just make sure the xp hdd isn't connected while you are installing vista. connect it after the vista install

carnageX · 03-31-2008, 01:26 PM

I have it the same way. I have XP on my main drive, and am dual-booting Vista/Ubuntu on a secondary drive, just for testing/messing around mostly.

Jordan L · 03-31-2008, 05:58 PM

Works perfectly fine, I have Ubuntu on one drive, windows xp on another, and soon to add windows vista as well on this machine. I have out of simplicities sake used Grub (GNU GRUB - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)) since it is installed automatically with ubuntu. Properly setup even the windows bootloader will detect the two operating systems and will allow you to choose which one to load on startup. I believe the trick is to install vista first before xp. Check out this guide here for help: How to dual boot Vista and XP (with Vista installed first) -- the step-by-step guide

Like Makaveli213 said, since only one os is loading at a time, having two of them is not going to change anything other than free hard drive space on the second drive.

Hope this helps
- Jordan

EricB · 03-31-2008, 07:55 PM

some people don't like bootloaders. when I hit restart I don't want to have to watch a computer reboot then pick an OS. when I used to use a bootloader, I would restart windows xp, leave, come back then vista was on, even though I didn't want vista. if I change the default boot to xp, the opposite happens

our way, it will change the os only when you want it to

03-30-2008, 05:16 AM	#1 (permalink)
j3wcl@w Junior Techie Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 95	installin 2 os's Hi i was just wondering if anyone has ever installed 2 o/s on a 2 seprate hard drives cos i have 2/ 70 gg wd raptors and so wanna install xp on one and vista 64 on the other while i can just change the boot priority to change o/s. __________________ Thermaltake armour LCS Watercooled Asus P5N32-SLI Mobo Intel Core2 quad Extreme Q6600 (4x 2.66) Nvidia 8800 GTX 4GB OCZ DDR2 800 MHZ X3 Western Digital raptor's 80gb 10,000 Rpm Enermax 1000W Galaxy psu Creative X-FI fatality edition Logitech G15 Keyboard Logitech mx revolution mouse Windows xp professional/Windows Vista ultimate 64 bit

03-30-2008, 06:35 AM	#2 (permalink)
Mak213 Commander Super Mod Joker Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: In Trotter's crawl space Posts: 15,457	Re: installin 2 os's Yes. I haev 3 drives and have had a OS on each of them. I have installed 4 different OS's at a time before. __________________

03-31-2008, 05:46 AM	#3 (permalink)
bonaventure Newb Techie Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 11	Re: installin 2 os's just wondering is your computer go slow if you have many OS?

03-31-2008, 07:51 AM	#4 (permalink)
Mak213 Commander Super Mod Joker Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: In Trotter's crawl space Posts: 15,457	Re: installin 2 os's No. Only 1 OS is running at any time. So there is no speed taken away from it. __________________

03-31-2008, 09:43 AM	#5 (permalink)
surgeVel System Builder/NZXT Deals Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Fort Wayne, IN Posts: 1,064	Re: installin 2 os's Use a good boot manager too, such as XOSL. (google it) That will make using your dual-OS configuration all the easier. __________________ -surgeVel Surge Velocity - Custom Built Computers For Speed and Power that is Light on Your Wallet! If you'd rather not risk building yourself, we won't charge an arm and a leg to do it for you! www.SurgeVelocity.com-Updated! \| NZXT Cases at lowest prices! \| Inferno Deals: The NewEgg Alternative! Latest Build: Case: NZXT Tempest, Mobo: Asus Rampage Forumula X48, CPU: Q9450 at stock (OC later), HS/F: Xigmatek Rifle 120mm (--C idle, --C max), GPU: Diamond Radeon HD4850 (CrossFireX later ), HDD: 500GB Seagate 7200.11, RAM: 4GB (2x2GB) OCZ Reapers 1000 DDR2, PSU: Corsair 750TX, OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit

03-31-2008, 01:26 PM	#7 (permalink)
carnageX Lurker Techie Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Dakota Posts: 2,699	Re: installin 2 os's I have it the same way. I have XP on my main drive, and am dual-booting Vista/Ubuntu on a secondary drive, just for testing/messing around mostly. __________________ /Antec 900...................................Intel e6750 @ 3.53GHz\ /Xigmatek Rifle S1283..............GigaByte GA-P35-DS3R mobo\ /2x1GB G.Skill/2x1GB OCZ Gold DDR2-800 @ 5-5-5-15, 441MHz\ \EVGA 8800GT 512MB @ 730/1000................Corsair 520hx PSU/ \19" Hanns-G Widescreen LCD.............19" AOC Fullscreen CRT/ \SeaGate 500GB/320GB; Maxtor 160GB external; W.D. 160GB/ 3DMark06 Score: 13700 \| carnageX \| e6750 @ 3.53GHz \| 8800GT 512MB @ 760/1080 \| XP Home 32bit

03-31-2008, 05:58 PM	#8 (permalink)
Jordan L Newb Techie Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 7	Re: installin 2 os's Works perfectly fine, I have Ubuntu on one drive, windows xp on another, and soon to add windows vista as well on this machine. I have out of simplicities sake used Grub (GNU GRUB - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)) since it is installed automatically with ubuntu. Properly setup even the windows bootloader will detect the two operating systems and will allow you to choose which one to load on startup. I believe the trick is to install vista first before xp. Check out this guide here for help: How to dual boot Vista and XP (with Vista installed first) -- the step-by-step guide Like Makaveli213 said, since only one os is loading at a time, having two of them is not going to change anything other than free hard drive space on the second drive. Hope this helps - Jordan

03-31-2008, 07:55 PM	#9 (permalink)
EricB Hard Core Techie Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 10,891	Re: installin 2 os's some people don't like bootloaders. when I hit restart I don't want to have to watch a computer reboot then pick an OS. when I used to use a bootloader, I would restart windows xp, leave, come back then vista was on, even though I didn't want vista. if I change the default boot to xp, the opposite happens our way, it will change the os only when you want it to __________________ The Ultimate Hard Drive Utility PowerMax 4.23. (It now has the ability to clean a Boot Sector virus on the quick erase option.) The best browser Netscape 8 Have you accidently delete something? Look here (trial. the better one) and here(free)

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