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elmuchachos   03-25-2009 at 11:31:07 PM

I have a ide hard drive with xp32bit. i just got another hd, sata 3.0 and i want to use that as my primary hd and put xp64bit on it. I want to keep my 32bit os for when i need to flash my xbox360. is there a way where i can use the sata hd and just have my other hd as a backup or do both OS's have to be on the same hard drive?

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btk1w1   03-26-2009 at 02:05:07 AM
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You can have the different OS's on separate hard drives.

Use the BIOS to select which drive to boot from.

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elmuchachos   03-26-2009 at 04:46:03 AM
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once i do that...if i boot the 64bit, will the 32bit show in my computer and act as a data drive?

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btk1w1   03-26-2009 at 03:52:17 PM
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There's no reason why you shouldn't be able to.

When I used a dual boot system I created a folder in the OS that had a larger partition and created a shotcut folder on the other partition for access.

It worked seamlessly.

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