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2 HD Drives Same OS on Both

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I have a 10gb drive and a 250gb drive. I want to put WinXP Pro on both drives and be able to boot to one or the other. I have 2 onboard IDE connectors and 2 IDE connectors on a Promise Ultra TX100 card. Do I need some sort of software for booting between the two drives, and how might I go about connecting these to my IDE connectors? The reason I want to do this is for security reasons. I want to keep all my Internet, Email, Downloads etc. seperate from my Data and other secure stuff. Before booting into the second drive I will disconnect any Internet or Network connections. I assume this will keep my Data on my 250gb totally secure. No viruses, trojans etc. Any advice would be helpful.

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Erm, I'm not so sure it worthwhile from a security perspective... I reckon that anything that got into your Internet connected installation of xp could quite easily get transferred to your non connected drive.

But, if you want to do it...

-Install WinXP as per usual on your drive for net connection.

-Turn off your PC and disconnect that drive.

-Insert WInXP CD and boot to it. Install to the drive you want your non-net connected installation on.

-Choose in BIOS when you power-up which drive to boot to.

I'm sure you could use third-party software to choose from a boot screen which drive/os installation to boot from, but it's not necessary.
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