dual boot

=nsn=Captpat · 10-31-2005, 10:34 AM

Any problems with a dual boot win XP setup? As far as I can tell there isnt but has anyone tried it yet?
My plan is to do a fresh install of win XP on a separate drive to run the games and server manager and keep my old XP setup for everything else. I have been having major video rubber banding recently and haven't figured out the cause so i thought this would be a good solution since I'm only having a problem with the games. Also thought it would free up most resources for gaming????
Any thoughts? Thank you for any help.

Dvshadow · 10-31-2005, 03:55 PM

yea, you can most definitly make a dual boot, i would just get a seperate drive..dual boots of any os on the same drive are risky.

just to show you my setup, ive got..

drive1 80gb - winxp pro
drive2 40gb - winxp 64bit
drive3 160gb - debian - sarge
drive 4 20 gb - any other linux setup im working on.
and the other drives i have as storage.

to create the dual boot on a single drive, you should have 2 partions of the same file system, both primary partitions.

insert disk - follow setup, and install to new partition!

=nsn=Captpat · 10-31-2005, 07:04 PM

I am putting it on a different drive, I have a set of raptors that i want to use for win xp pro and install just the games and manager. I figure it should run better, 1 because of the drives, two no other garbage on the drive but the games and related software.
Thank you for responding

Dvshadow · 11-01-2005, 04:05 PM

no problem!

if you run into any problems, just email me

dvshadow@gmail.com

=nsn=Captpat · 11-01-2005, 08:14 PM

Thank you
I'm starting tonight, going all out updating bios and all

if you dont hear from me in 48 hours call the medics

=nsn=Captpat · 11-11-2005, 12:40 PM

well i screwed it up
during the install it said it had to copy files to my c: dr and when i was done niether install worked are you supposed to boot from CD for the 2nd install? I still want a dual boot system

Dvshadow · 11-12-2005, 03:18 AM

yea, boot from cd