Two operating systems on two different hard drives

thecowman- · May 30, 2014

I have a windows 7 home premium computer and a windows 8 laptop.

I am thinking of putting my laptop's hard drive into my windows 7 PC as well as leaving the win 7 hard drive in there, so I can have two OS on my PC.
Is this possible to do and would I be able to switch OS quickly, or would I have to change the BIOS every time?
Thanks
Tom

pfunkmd · May 30, 2014

You can set up a virtual machine, you just need to find some how to videos. With a virtual machine you will start in your primary OS and after the computer is running you start up your other OS. If you choose the other way you will need to change the boot order every time you log in but it is easy.

http://www.ehow.com/how_6079988_set-virtual-machine-windows-7.html

Hawkeye22 · May 30, 2014

You most likely would not be able to boot from the laptop version since the chipsets on the motherboards are different, thus different drivers in windows.

pfunkmd · May 30, 2014

Hawkeye22 :

I thought this was a given but yeah Hawkeye22 is correct you would need to re install windows and the drivers to use it on your desktop

Hawkeye22 · May 30, 2014

Also, the laptop probably has an OEM version of windows so the license ties the OS to the motherboard, in this case, the laptop.

thecowman- · May 30, 2014

Thanks all for your help

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