How to set up two system hard drives in one system??

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I have two hard drives loaded with windows XP Pro and have them installed in one case. I want to be able to select which hard drive (system) to boot from on start up by entering the BIOS or selecting from windows. I do this now by moving the controller cable to the drive I want to boot from. One condition, the hard drive I didn’t boot from must not be visible to the system. I connect to a network and I don’t want the other drive scanned or seen by the network admin.
 
One solution is to install each hard disk in an external eSata case and connect the one that you need. Another solution is to install them in a removable disk tray. Both solutions will meet your requirements.
 

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I'm just trying to keep my personal information out of the network environment with out buying two systems. Nothing evil about that.
 

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I tried using a disk tray on another system several years ago and the disk got fried after a number of months. I'll take a look at the eSata case. Thanks,