Hello everyone, I am new here so please bare with me, and thanks ahead for any and all help.
I’m more of a hardware guy so this may seem like a stupid question to some. Is it possible to set up a dual boot system by installing an existing hard drive with a working OS (Windows XP) into another system with a working OS (Windows XP Pro)? I basically want to combine two systems into one with separate drives and OS’s without having to reinstall and upgrade the OS’s. Obviously, the “moved” drive and OS will have to be reregistered as with any drastic upgrade, but can I just plug the “moved” drive into the existing system and make it a dual boot: Windows XP Pro and Windows XP. (There are certain benefits to having these two different OS’s separate as some may know, plus I have both operating systems and drives tweaked just the way I like). Please let me know if this is possible and any info on how would be greatly appreciated!!! Thanks.
I’m more of a hardware guy so this may seem like a stupid question to some. Is it possible to set up a dual boot system by installing an existing hard drive with a working OS (Windows XP) into another system with a working OS (Windows XP Pro)? I basically want to combine two systems into one with separate drives and OS’s without having to reinstall and upgrade the OS’s. Obviously, the “moved” drive and OS will have to be reregistered as with any drastic upgrade, but can I just plug the “moved” drive into the existing system and make it a dual boot: Windows XP Pro and Windows XP. (There are certain benefits to having these two different OS’s separate as some may know, plus I have both operating systems and drives tweaked just the way I like). Please let me know if this is possible and any info on how would be greatly appreciated!!! Thanks.