Considering Dual Boot

[DeathWarrior]

I have two hard drives inside of my computer:

1. Western Digital 1.5 TB with Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit (this is the one I'm using now)

2. Maxtor 250 GB with Windows XP SP3

 

Right now I have the first one hooked up, but the second one still works when I move the cable from the first. Obviously this means in order to switch between the two right now I'd need to physically move cables. I've been thinking of setting up a dual boot between the drives, how would I do this?

 

Also, the first drive is the main one I use and here's my motherboard if you need to know:

-NVIDIA nForce 680i LT SLI

[hoofhearted4]

should be as simple as having both connected and selecting which OS you want to boot to when the PC boots up.

 

ive never done it myself, but ive been on PCs where thats all i had to do. when it booted up, i was able to select between XP and Win7. (or Linux and Win XP on another one i used)

Edited January 27, 2012 by hoofhearted4

[slimhouse]

Its something of a misconception that bigger is better when it comes to optimising / config your Hard Drive(s) for Gaming... in actuality smaller is oft times

the better option... pc manufacturers sell us pc's like we buy cars "yeh it's got the latest..(blah) and the biggest (blah) ...you get the idea.

 

As you have 1.5 Tb on your (main / most used) HD I would first get some good Partition Software and partion your Drive(s) this cuts access times and allows

your Drive to operate like a smaller one, though partitioning that much drive space you may need more pointers than I can give here.

 

You may like to have a go at a RAID array for your Drives though I would Google 'setting up a RAID' or other for a wealth of useful tips not fogetting to read

all the stories of how it didn't go right (at first) for some and the pitfalls to avoid etc.

 

Common drive speeds are 7200 some expensive ones are 10000+ SCUSI (Linux) drives can be 15000 speed prob higher than that now..!?