Hello all Just bought a new i7 system and needing to run both 32 and 64bit windows so will be dual booting. It comes with a 640gig drive so would have plenty of room to partition and install both on the same drive but was considering the merits of using 2 physical drives (what ere they?) Ok, if one drive fails I still have the other but aside from that what else is there. The other question would be, if using two drives do you have to go in to bios every time and select which drive to boot from or does something like, "system Commander" wake up before the bios stage. Otherwise wouldn't it just keep booting to the same drive that your bios tells it to. Steve
The killer robot "Steve Ardcorr" <> grabbed the controls of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... > The other question would be, if using two drives do you have to go in > to bios every > time and select which drive to boot from or does something like, > "system Commander" > wake up before the bios stage. Otherwise wouldn't it just keep booting > to the > same drive that your bios tells it to. > Most newer mobos will let you hit a key (F8 on Asus) that will ask what drive you want to boot from for this session. I use it all the time to boot from a flash drive with Linux on it. -- Remove YourHeadFromYourAss to Reply by email ________ __ / ____/ /__ ____ ____ / /_ ____ / / __/ / _ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \ / /_/ / / __/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ / \____/_/\___/_/ /_/_/ /_/_.___/\____/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Glennbo http://www.soundclick.com/glennbo Non-Linear Sound http://www.soundclick.com/jambits Hear My Music http://www.soundclick.com/ThePseudonyms
Thanks GB My memory is like the proverbial sieve. My flat mate told me this a few weeks back. So am I right in thinking this would be the only option? A boot program won't pick up the other drive before the bios does? Sounds about right to me. I know it'll take a while to train my self to press F8 and I'll keep forgetting but I guess that's the way it has to be Steve "Glennbo" <> wrote in message news:Xns9DFC724D8A66BBrownShoesDontMakeIt@81.169.183.62... > The killer robot "Steve Ardcorr" > <> grabbed the controls of > the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... > >> The other question would be, if using two drives do you have to go in >> to bios every >> time and select which drive to boot from or does something like, >> "system Commander" >> wake up before the bios stage. Otherwise wouldn't it just keep booting >> to the >> same drive that your bios tells it to. >> > > Most newer mobos will let you hit a key (F8 on Asus) that will ask what > drive you want to boot from for this session. I use it all the time to > boot from a flash drive with Linux on it. > > -- > Remove YourHeadFromYourAss to Reply by email > ________ __ > / ____/ /__ ____ ____ / /_ ____ > / / __/ / _ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \ > / /_/ / / __/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ / > \____/_/\___/_/ /_/_/ /_/_.___/\____/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Glennbo http://www.soundclick.com/glennbo > Non-Linear Sound http://www.soundclick.com/jambits > Hear My Music http://www.soundclick.com/ThePseudonyms
The killer robot "Steve Ardcorr" <purtington@Use-Author-Supplied- Address.invalid> grabbed the controls of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... > My memory is like the proverbial sieve. My flat mate told > me this a few weeks back. So am I right in thinking this would > be the only option? A boot program won't pick up the other drive > before the bios does? Sounds about right to me. > I know it'll take a while to train my self to press F8 and I'll keep > forgetting but I guess that's the way it has to be If you install as dual boot, Windows itself will give you a boot menu to select which OS to boot to. Whether it is legal to install both the 32 and 64 bit versions from one copy of Windows is debatable though. With Windows7 some of the way things used to work have changed. -- Remove YourHeadFromYourAss to Reply by email ________ __ / ____/ /__ ____ ____ / /_ ____ / / __/ / _ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \ / /_/ / / __/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ / \____/_/\___/_/ /_/_/ /_/_.___/\____/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Glennbo http://www.soundclick.com/glennbo Non-Linear Sound http://www.soundclick.com/jambits Hear My Music http://www.soundclick.com/ThePseudonyms
but wont that only happen if both os's are on the one drive? I tried this on my machine with xp on a sata drive and windows 7 on another "IDE" drive but that could have been caused by bad configuration I guess. No worries about the 32 bit. I'm not even sure the oem disk that comes with my new daw has both versions? If it does, and it's legal I may use both but I'd be fine with just an xp 32bit install. I'm only doing it so I can hold on to my yamaha sw1000xg for a little longer. Steve "Glennbo" <> wrote in message news:Xns9DFC81226E62CBrownShoesDontMakeIt@81.169.183.62... > The killer robot "Steve Ardcorr" <purtington@Use-Author-Supplied- > Address.invalid> grabbed the controls of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and > pressed these buttons... > >> My memory is like the proverbial sieve. My flat mate told >> me this a few weeks back. So am I right in thinking this would >> be the only option? A boot program won't pick up the other drive >> before the bios does? Sounds about right to me. >> I know it'll take a while to train my self to press F8 and I'll keep >> forgetting but I guess that's the way it has to be > > If you install as dual boot, Windows itself will give you a boot menu to > select which OS to boot to. Whether it is legal to install both the 32 > and > 64 bit versions from one copy of Windows is debatable though. With > Windows7 some of the way things used to work have changed. > > -- > Remove YourHeadFromYourAss to Reply by email > ________ __ > / ____/ /__ ____ ____ / /_ ____ > / / __/ / _ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \ > / /_/ / / __/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ / > \____/_/\___/_/ /_/_/ /_/_.___/\____/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Glennbo http://www.soundclick.com/glennbo > Non-Linear Sound http://www.soundclick.com/jambits > Hear My Music http://www.soundclick.com/ThePseudonyms
The killer robot "Steve Ardcorr" <> grabbed the controls of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... > but wont that only happen if both os's are on the one drive? > I tried this on my machine with xp on a sata drive and windows > 7 on another "IDE" drive but that could have been caused by > bad configuration I guess. > > No worries about the 32 bit. I'm not even sure the oem disk that comes > with my new daw has both versions? If it does, and it's legal I may > use both but I'd be fine with just an xp 32bit install. I'm only doing > it so I can hold on to > my yamaha sw1000xg for a little longer. The Windows 7 Professional that I run here in my office came with both the 32 bit and 64 bit versions. I only installed the 32 bit version, so I don't know what it would do if I tried to additionally install the 64 bit version on the same machine but on another partition. I suspect that it would leave the install on C: alone since it's on another drive, but activating might get bitchy. -- Remove YourHeadFromYourAss to Reply by email ________ __ / ____/ /__ ____ ____ / /_ ____ / / __/ / _ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \ / /_/ / / __/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ / \____/_/\___/_/ /_/_/ /_/_.___/\____/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Glennbo http://www.soundclick.com/glennbo Non-Linear Sound http://www.soundclick.com/jambits Hear My Music http://www.soundclick.com/ThePseudonyms
On 23/09/2010 20:18, Glennbo wrote: > The killer robot "Steve Ardcorr" > <> grabbed the controls of > the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... > >> but wont that only happen if both os's are on the one drive? >> I tried this on my machine with xp on a sata drive and windows >> 7 on another "IDE" drive but that could have been caused by >> bad configuration I guess. >> >> No worries about the 32 bit. I'm not even sure the oem disk that comes >> with my new daw has both versions? If it does, and it's legal I may >> use both but I'd be fine with just an xp 32bit install. I'm only doing >> it so I can hold on to >> my yamaha sw1000xg for a little longer. > > The Windows 7 Professional that I run here in my office came with both > the 32 bit and 64 bit versions. I only installed the 32 bit version, so > I don't know what it would do if I tried to additionally install the 64 > bit version on the same machine but on another partition. I suspect that > it would leave the install on C: alone since it's on another drive, but > activating might get bitchy. > Another option is to use a boot manager - like this one http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootit-next-generation.htm This way you "hide" one partition (or disk) when the other one is booted, so the two (or more) versions can't screw each other up. You basically set it up, and then you get a menu when your PC boots and pick which partition (or disk) you want to beet from. Have a look at the web site. If the thought of using a boot manager freaks you out - just ignore this post ;-) -- =========== John Braner http://cdbaby.com/cd/JohnBraner http://www.soundclick.com/johnbraner
"John Braner" <> wrote in message news:i7gbdo$o0e$-september.org... > On 23/09/2010 20:18, Glennbo wrote: >> The killer robot "Steve Ardcorr" >> <> grabbed the controls of >> the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... >> >>> but wont that only happen if both os's are on the one drive? >>> I tried this on my machine with xp on a sata drive and windows >>> 7 on another "IDE" drive but that could have been caused by >>> bad configuration I guess. >>> >>> No worries about the 32 bit. I'm not even sure the oem disk that comes >>> with my new daw has both versions? If it does, and it's legal I may >>> use both but I'd be fine with just an xp 32bit install. I'm only doing >>> it so I can hold on to >>> my yamaha sw1000xg for a little longer. >> >> The Windows 7 Professional that I run here in my office came with both >> the 32 bit and 64 bit versions. I only installed the 32 bit version, so >> I don't know what it would do if I tried to additionally install the 64 >> bit version on the same machine but on another partition. I suspect that >> it would leave the install on C: alone since it's on another drive, but >> activating might get bitchy. >> > > Another option is to use a boot manager - like this one > http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootit-next-generation.htm > > This way you "hide" one partition (or disk) when the other one is booted, > so the two (or more) versions can't screw each other up. You basically set > it up, and then you get a menu when your PC boots and pick which partition > (or disk) you want to beet from. Have a look at the web site. If the > thought of using a boot manager freaks you out - just ignore this post ;-) > > > -- > =========== > John Braner Hey, that's the same way I did it when I wanted to try out Win95 on my old dos6/win3.1 computer. I used Partition Magic. I ran it that way for about a year.
Glennbo <> écrivait news:Xns9DFC917206D33BrownShoesDontMakeIt@81.169.183.62: > The killer robot "Steve Ardcorr" > <> grabbed the controls of > the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... > >> but wont that only happen if both os's are on the one drive? >> I tried this on my machine with xp on a sata drive and windows >> 7 on another "IDE" drive but that could have been caused by >> bad configuration I guess. >> >> No worries about the 32 bit. I'm not even sure the oem disk that comes >> with my new daw has both versions? If it does, and it's legal I may >> use both but I'd be fine with just an xp 32bit install. I'm only doing >> it so I can hold on to my yamaha sw1000xg for a little longer. > > The Windows 7 Professional that I run here in my office came with both > the 32 bit and 64 bit versions. I only installed the 32 bit version, so > I don't know what it would do if I tried to additionally install the 64 > bit version on the same machine but on another partition. I suspect that > it would leave the install on C: alone since it's on another drive, but > activating might get bitchy. > My OEM version of Win7 Pro only have the 64 bits installation DVD. My Upgrade pack has both 32 and 64 bits DVD but I'm quite sure it's illegal to have both installed with the same key, one key=one installation. You may switch from 32 to 64 or from 64 to 32 but you have to remove your current installation. Might require a phone call to MS.
The killer robot Dominique <> grabbed the controls of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... > My Upgrade pack has both 32 and 64 bits DVD but I'm quite sure it's > illegal to have both installed with the same key, one key=one > installation. > > You may switch from 32 to 64 or from 64 to 32 but you have to remove > your current installation. Might require a phone call to MS. That's what I figured the license allowed. I don't have any need for 64 bit at this time, so I only am using the 32 bit version on the two machines I have running Windows 7. -- Remove YourHeadFromYourAss to Reply by email ________ __ / ____/ /__ ____ ____ / /_ ____ / / __/ / _ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \ / /_/ / / __/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ / \____/_/\___/_/ /_/_/ /_/_.___/\____/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Glennbo http://www.soundclick.com/glennbo Non-Linear Sound http://www.soundclick.com/jambits Hear My Music http://www.soundclick.com/ThePseudonyms
That's weird, I used to have xp pro dual booted with the same key and both activated. I had to call Microsoft a few times as I'd ran out of authorizations. They said dual booting was fine as long as it was just on the one machine.like there's any other way to dual boot ) Steve "Dominique" <> wrote in message news:XnF9DFD7928A556Edoumdomainnet@69.16.185.252... > Glennbo <> écrivait > news:Xns9DFC917206D33BrownShoesDontMakeIt@81.169.183.62: > >> The killer robot "Steve Ardcorr" >> <> grabbed the controls of >> the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... >> >>> but wont that only happen if both os's are on the one drive? >>> I tried this on my machine with xp on a sata drive and windows >>> 7 on another "IDE" drive but that could have been caused by >>> bad configuration I guess. >>> >>> No worries about the 32 bit. I'm not even sure the oem disk that comes >>> with my new daw has both versions? If it does, and it's legal I may >>> use both but I'd be fine with just an xp 32bit install. I'm only doing >>> it so I can hold on to my yamaha sw1000xg for a little longer. >> >> The Windows 7 Professional that I run here in my office came with both >> the 32 bit and 64 bit versions. I only installed the 32 bit version, so >> I don't know what it would do if I tried to additionally install the 64 >> bit version on the same machine but on another partition. I suspect that >> it would leave the install on C: alone since it's on another drive, but >> activating might get bitchy. >> > > My OEM version of Win7 Pro only have the 64 bits installation DVD. > > My Upgrade pack has both 32 and 64 bits DVD but I'm quite sure it's > illegal > to have both installed with the same key, one key=one installation. > > You may switch from 32 to 64 or from 64 to 32 but you have to remove your > current installation. Might require a phone call to MS.
I didn't try it, it might work since it's the same hardware but FWIW it is a violation of the EULA. The key allows you to install one instance of either x86 or x64. "Steve Ardcorr" <> écrivait news:i7ilkb$7q6$: > That's weird, I used to have xp pro dual booted > with the same key and both activated. I had to call > Microsoft a few times as I'd ran out of authorizations. > They said dual booting was fine as long as it was just on the one > machine.like there's any other way to dual boot ) > Steve > > > "Dominique" <> wrote in message > news:XnF9DFD7928A556Edoumdomainnet@69.16.185.252... >> Glennbo <> écrivait >> news:Xns9DFC917206D33BrownShoesDontMakeIt@81.169.183.62: >> >>> The killer robot "Steve Ardcorr" >>> <> grabbed the controls of >>> the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... >>> >>>> but wont that only happen if both os's are on the one drive? >>>> I tried this on my machine with xp on a sata drive and windows >>>> 7 on another "IDE" drive but that could have been caused by >>>> bad configuration I guess. >>>> >>>> No worries about the 32 bit. I'm not even sure the oem disk that comes >>>> with my new daw has both versions? If it does, and it's legal I may >>>> use both but I'd be fine with just an xp 32bit install. I'm only doing >>>> it so I can hold on to my yamaha sw1000xg for a little longer. >>> >>> The Windows 7 Professional that I run here in my office came with both >>> the 32 bit and 64 bit versions. I only installed the 32 bit version, so >>> I don't know what it would do if I tried to additionally install the 64 >>> bit version on the same machine but on another partition. I suspect that >>> it would leave the install on C: alone since it's on another drive, but >>> activating might get bitchy. >>> >> >> My OEM version of Win7 Pro only have the 64 bits installation DVD. >> >> My Upgrade pack has both 32 and 64 bits DVD but I'm quite sure it's >> illegal >> to have both installed with the same key, one key=one installation. >> >> You may switch from 32 to 64 or from 64 to 32 but you have to remove your >> current installation. Might require a phone call to MS. > > >
On Thu, 23 Sep 2010 20:56:45 +0100, John Braner <> wrote: >On 23/09/2010 20:18, Glennbo wrote: >> The killer robot "Steve Ardcorr" >> <> grabbed the controls of >> the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... >> >>> but wont that only happen if both os's are on the one drive? >>> I tried this on my machine with xp on a sata drive and windows >>> 7 on another "IDE" drive but that could have been caused by >>> bad configuration I guess. >>> >>> No worries about the 32 bit. I'm not even sure the oem disk that comes >>> with my new daw has both versions? If it does, and it's legal I may >>> use both but I'd be fine with just an xp 32bit install. I'm only doing >>> it so I can hold on to >>> my yamaha sw1000xg for a little longer. >> >> The Windows 7 Professional that I run here in my office came with both >> the 32 bit and 64 bit versions. I only installed the 32 bit version, so >> I don't know what it would do if I tried to additionally install the 64 >> bit version on the same machine but on another partition. I suspect that >> it would leave the install on C: alone since it's on another drive, but >> activating might get bitchy. >> > >Another option is to use a boot manager - like this one >http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootit-next-generation.htm > >This way you "hide" one partition (or disk) when the other one is booted, so the two (or more) >versions can't screw each other up. You basically set it up, and then you get a menu when your PC >boots and pick which partition (or disk) you want to beet from. Have a look at the web site. If the >thought of using a boot manager freaks you out - just ignore this post ;-) WIth Win 98 it was very easy to have a dual boot system by just partitioning a HD and have the dual boots on different partitions of the same HD. With XP this was not possible without a real headache. I tried Bootit for quite a few months ad nfinally decided there were far few problems by just using 2 different HD's for the dual boot and just go to the bios and tell it which HD to boot from. I wonder if they fixed this with Win 7? With XP the problem was that it was built from NT, which required boot.ini, etc in the C root directory. As cheap as HD's are today, I don't think I'd even attempt to boot from different partitions. I've tried all sorts of boot managers. They can cause all sorts of unexpected problems. The most sure fire way to use a dual boot is to go to the bios each time and tell it which HD to boot from. -- Gerry Peters
On 24/09/2010 23:44, Dominique wrote: > I didn't try it, it might work since it's the same hardware but FWIW it > is a violation of the EULA. The key allows you to install one instance of > either x86 or x64. > > > "Steve Ardcorr"<> écrivait > news:i7ilkb$7q6$: > >> That's weird, I used to have xp pro dual booted >> with the same key and both activated. I had to call >> Microsoft a few times as I'd ran out of authorizations. >> They said dual booting was fine as long as it was just on the one >> machine.like there's any other way to dual boot ) >> Steve >> >> >> "Dominique"<> wrote in message >> news:XnF9DFD7928A556Edoumdomainnet@69.16.185.252... >>> Glennbo<> écrivait >>> news:Xns9DFC917206D33BrownShoesDontMakeIt@81.169.183.62: >>> >>>> The killer robot "Steve Ardcorr" >>>> <> grabbed the controls > of >>>> the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... >>>> >>>>> but wont that only happen if both os's are on the one drive? >>>>> I tried this on my machine with xp on a sata drive and windows >>>>> 7 on another "IDE" drive but that could have been caused by >>>>> bad configuration I guess. >>>>> >>>>> No worries about the 32 bit. I'm not even sure the oem disk that > comes >>>>> with my new daw has both versions? If it does, and it's legal I may >>>>> use both but I'd be fine with just an xp 32bit install. I'm only > doing >>>>> it so I can hold on to my yamaha sw1000xg for a little longer. >>>> >>>> The Windows 7 Professional that I run here in my office came with > both >>>> the 32 bit and 64 bit versions. I only installed the 32 bit version, > so >>>> I don't know what it would do if I tried to additionally install the > 64 >>>> bit version on the same machine but on another partition. I suspect > that >>>> it would leave the install on C: alone since it's on another drive, > but >>>> activating might get bitchy. >>>> >>> >>> My OEM version of Win7 Pro only have the 64 bits installation DVD. >>> >>> My Upgrade pack has both 32 and 64 bits DVD but I'm quite sure it's >>> illegal >>> to have both installed with the same key, one key=one installation. >>> >>> You may switch from 32 to 64 or from 64 to 32 but you have to remove > your >>> current installation. Might require a phone call to MS. >> >> >> > That's a really grey area though. If you instsall onto twp different partitions on your HD, then it's clear you can only ever run one at a time - it really is "one" installation. I've had XP installed multiple times like this (on the same computer) and now Win 7 - and I've never had a problem. When it activates - it *is* the same computer. -- =========== John Braner http://cdbaby.com/cd/JohnBraner http://www.soundclick.com/johnbraner
On 24/09/2010 00:31, sambodidley wrote: > "John Braner"<> wrote in message > news:i7gbdo$o0e$-september.org... >> On 23/09/2010 20:18, Glennbo wrote: >>> The killer robot "Steve Ardcorr" >>> <> grabbed the controls of >>> the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... >>> >>>> but wont that only happen if both os's are on the one drive? >>>> I tried this on my machine with xp on a sata drive and windows >>>> 7 on another "IDE" drive but that could have been caused by >>>> bad configuration I guess. >>>> >>>> No worries about the 32 bit. I'm not even sure the oem disk that comes >>>> with my new daw has both versions? If it does, and it's legal I may >>>> use both but I'd be fine with just an xp 32bit install. I'm only doing >>>> it so I can hold on to >>>> my yamaha sw1000xg for a little longer. >>> >>> The Windows 7 Professional that I run here in my office came with both >>> the 32 bit and 64 bit versions. I only installed the 32 bit version, so >>> I don't know what it would do if I tried to additionally install the 64 >>> bit version on the same machine but on another partition. I suspect that >>> it would leave the install on C: alone since it's on another drive, but >>> activating might get bitchy. >>> >> >> Another option is to use a boot manager - like this one >> http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootit-next-generation.htm >> >> This way you "hide" one partition (or disk) when the other one is booted, >> so the two (or more) versions can't screw each other up. You basically set >> it up, and then you get a menu when your PC boots and pick which partition >> (or disk) you want to beet from. Have a look at the web site. If the >> thought of using a boot manager freaks you out - just ignore this post ;-) >> >> >> -- >> =========== >> John Braner > > Hey, that's the same way I did it when I wanted to try out Win95 on my old > dos6/win3.1 computer. I used Partition Magic. I ran it that way for about a > year. > > Hi Sambo, That's what I used - Partition Magic's "Boot Magic" (I think it was called). It worked great. Then I switched to Acronis OSS (Operating system selector) because Boot Magic couldn't be installed (the actual boot manager files) on NTFS partitions. OSS is quirky, but I had it working. I eeven had it working for Win 7 when it wasn't supported. Now there is a new version of OSS (with Disk Director 11) and it's *worse*! You can't run it from a boot CD (when there is a problem/emergency) so it's useless. So I got rid of OSS and switched to BootitNG. It's working fine for me. I'm not doing anything fancy with it - but it was easy to set up and just works. I think it's important when you dual boot that you completely hide one partion from the other. ie when you boot Windows 1 - hide Windows 2, and vice versa... -- =========== John Braner http://cdbaby.com/cd/JohnBraner http://www.soundclick.com/johnbraner
"John Braner" <> wrote in message news:i7kdv9$3hd$-september.org... > On 24/09/2010 00:31, sambodidley wrote: >> "John Braner"<> wrote in message >> news:i7gbdo$o0e$-september.org... >>> On 23/09/2010 20:18, Glennbo wrote: >>>> The killer robot "Steve Ardcorr" >>>> <> grabbed the controls >>>> of >>>> the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... >>>> >>>>> but wont that only happen if both os's are on the one drive? >>>>> I tried this on my machine with xp on a sata drive and windows >>>>> 7 on another "IDE" drive but that could have been caused by >>>>> bad configuration I guess. >>>>> >>>>> No worries about the 32 bit. I'm not even sure the oem disk that comes >>>>> with my new daw has both versions? If it does, and it's legal I may >>>>> use both but I'd be fine with just an xp 32bit install. I'm only doing >>>>> it so I can hold on to >>>>> my yamaha sw1000xg for a little longer. >>>> >>>> The Windows 7 Professional that I run here in my office came with both >>>> the 32 bit and 64 bit versions. I only installed the 32 bit version, >>>> so >>>> I don't know what it would do if I tried to additionally install the 64 >>>> bit version on the same machine but on another partition. I suspect >>>> that >>>> it would leave the install on C: alone since it's on another drive, but >>>> activating might get bitchy. >>>> >>> >>> Another option is to use a boot manager - like this one >>> http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootit-next-generation.htm >>> >>> This way you "hide" one partition (or disk) when the other one is >>> booted, >>> so the two (or more) versions can't screw each other up. You basically >>> set >>> it up, and then you get a menu when your PC boots and pick which >>> partition >>> (or disk) you want to beet from. Have a look at the web site. If the >>> thought of using a boot manager freaks you out - just ignore this post >>> ;-) >>> >>> >>> -- >>> =========== >>> John Braner >> >> Hey, that's the same way I did it when I wanted to try out Win95 on my >> old >> dos6/win3.1 computer. I used Partition Magic. I ran it that way for >> about a >> year. >> >> > > Hi Sambo, > That's what I used - Partition Magic's "Boot Magic" (I think it was > called). It worked great. Then I switched to Acronis OSS (Operating system > selector) because Boot Magic couldn't be installed (the actual boot > manager files) on NTFS partitions. OSS is quirky, but I had it working. I > eeven had it working for Win 7 when it wasn't supported. Now there is a > new version of OSS (with Disk Director 11) and it's *worse*! You can't run > it from a boot CD (when there is a problem/emergency) so it's useless. > > So I got rid of OSS and switched to BootitNG. It's working fine for me. > I'm not doing anything fancy with it - but it was easy to set up and just > works. > > I think it's important when you dual boot that you completely hide one > partion from the other. ie when you boot Windows 1 - hide Windows 2, and > vice versa... > > -- > =========== > John Braner `Yes, that's the way Bootmaster worked IFRC. When it booted you could select which partition you wanted to run and the other one was hidden. I had a lot of old dos apps on the old partition that I wasn't quite ready to give up to go to Win95. I even had Cakewalk Pro 4 for dos on it. I have never used a boot manager again since I ditched that old 486. Now I just buy another computer. I have 4 now in my lan and 3 stored in the closet. I have Acronis Disc Director 11 but seldom use it. I used it a couple of times to remove some restore partitions that I didn't need after I got a good image backup made.
"John Braner" <> wrote in message news:i7kdl1$j5$-september.org... > On 24/09/2010 23:44, Dominique wrote: >> I didn't try it, it might work since it's the same hardware but FWIW it >> is a violation of the EULA. The key allows you to install one instance of >> either x86 or x64. >> >> >> "Steve Ardcorr"<> écrivait >> news:i7ilkb$7q6$: >> >>> That's weird, I used to have xp pro dual booted >>> with the same key and both activated. I had to call >>> Microsoft a few times as I'd ran out of authorizations. >>> They said dual booting was fine as long as it was just on the one >>> machine.like there's any other way to dual boot ) >>> Steve >>> >>> >>> "Dominique"<> wrote in message >>> news:XnF9DFD7928A556Edoumdomainnet@69.16.185.252... >>>> Glennbo<> écrivait >>>> news:Xns9DFC917206D33BrownShoesDontMakeIt@81.169.183.62: >>>> >>>>> The killer robot "Steve Ardcorr" >>>>> <> grabbed the controls >> of >>>>> the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... >>>>> >>>>>> but wont that only happen if both os's are on the one drive? >>>>>> I tried this on my machine with xp on a sata drive and windows >>>>>> 7 on another "IDE" drive but that could have been caused by >>>>>> bad configuration I guess. >>>>>> >>>>>> No worries about the 32 bit. I'm not even sure the oem disk that >> comes >>>>>> with my new daw has both versions? If it does, and it's legal I may >>>>>> use both but I'd be fine with just an xp 32bit install. I'm only >> doing >>>>>> it so I can hold on to my yamaha sw1000xg for a little longer. >>>>> >>>>> The Windows 7 Professional that I run here in my office came with >> both >>>>> the 32 bit and 64 bit versions. I only installed the 32 bit version, >> so >>>>> I don't know what it would do if I tried to additionally install the >> 64 >>>>> bit version on the same machine but on another partition. I suspect >> that >>>>> it would leave the install on C: alone since it's on another drive, >> but >>>>> activating might get bitchy. >>>>> >>>> >>>> My OEM version of Win7 Pro only have the 64 bits installation DVD. >>>> >>>> My Upgrade pack has both 32 and 64 bits DVD but I'm quite sure it's >>>> illegal >>>> to have both installed with the same key, one key=one installation. >>>> >>>> You may switch from 32 to 64 or from 64 to 32 but you have to remove >> your >>>> current installation. Might require a phone call to MS. >>> >>> >>> >> > > That's a really grey area though. If you instsall onto twp different > partitions on your HD, then it's clear you can only ever run one at a > time - it really is "one" installation. I've had XP installed multiple > times like this (on the same computer) and now Win 7 - and I've never had > a problem. When it activates - it *is* the same computer. > > -- > =========== > John Braner > But I don't think I can do that with my update version of win7, though. It had to be installed from Vista and I could only do that once. I'm not complaining, though, because it only cost me $49 pre-order. I just ordered a new i7 computer with win7 64 so I'll be covered on that.
