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i want to know (from experiences hardware dudes) if i can have 2 hardrives...2 os' and section them both off....so when i log onto 1 os....the other hardrive is not active in any way or form without pulling out the plugs.....i dont want the hardrives to communicate with each other in any way.....is this possible??
The best way it to partition the harddrive, you can do this through DOS, or with special software. If you have a Mac and want to run Windows XP in it, see this topic:
http://forum.ivirtuaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=98
[quote="BlackXII"]i want to know (from experiences hardware dudes) if i can have 2 hardrives...2 os' and section them both off....so when i log onto 1 os....the other hardrive is not active in any way or form without pulling out the plugs.....i dont want the hardrives to communicate with each other in any way.....is this possible??[/quote]
Well yes there is a easy way in fact, A) You use a dual boot machine with one linux partition and one windows partition ie 2 harddrives f.ex.
Just remember to install Windoze first, as it will overwrite any linux boot loader..
Or, B) put one disc in a Usb case and when needed boot from USB if your BIOS supports it..
(Note, this is just from the top of my head, i have never booted off USB before, as the hardware i have is "safe" enough to use without some trying to gain access to any of my partitions... But i have the BIOS support to do so..
Will check back again later with some more info... But i need some of it from you, ie. hardware..
Why do you want to have 2 OS's noot seeing each others partitions anyhow??
want to know (from experiences hardware dudes) if i can have 2 hardrives...2 os' and section them both off....so when i log onto 1 os....the other hardrive is not active in any way or form without pulling out the plugs.....i dont want the hardrives to communicate with each other in any way.....is this possible??
Well yes there is a easy way in fact, A) You use a dual boot machine with one linux partition and one windows partition ie 2 harddrives f.ex.
Just remember to install Windoze first, as it will overwrite any linux boot loader..
Or, B) put one disc in a Usb case and when needed boot from USB if your BIOS supports it..
(Note, this is just from the top of my head, i have never booted off USB before, as the hardware i have is "safe" enough to use without some trying to gain access to any of my partitions... But i have the BIOS support to do so..
Will check back again later with some more info... But i need some of it from you, ie. hardware..
Why do you want to have 2 OS's noot seeing each others partitions anyhow??[/quote]
You can also boot off RAID Drives, but the most inexpensive option is partitioning with some free opensource software And Yes, why do you want to do that anyway, Maybe Partitions will solve this.
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