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I wish to select between two OP systems

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I wish to select between two OP systems

Dec 31st, 2006

I have Win2k on internal HD (Dell Latitude) as default to boot up. I have added an external HD from blown desktop which has WinXP-Home. Can I select which OP-sys I want to boot up with? Is there a way to have the pc ask me which to use when starting up?

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Re: I wish to select between two OP systems

Dec 31st, 2006

That's called Dual booting. This should help you http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic9371.html

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Re: I wish to select between two OP systems

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Originally Posted by f33ch

I have Win2k on internal HD (Dell Latitude) as default to boot up. I have added an external HD from blown desktop which has WinXP-Home. Can I select which OP-sys I want to boot up with? Is there a way to have the pc ask me which to use when starting up?

Many thanks.

problem that may exist for you is whether you computer will boot to external hddrive, usb or firewire device

Is your computer is ready for Win7, xp mode.
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