2009-06-09, 04:57 PM
LewE Wrote:I'd be willing to try that but.... How can I do that in my PC (a Dell Dimension 3000 with a 2.8GHz Pentium 4) that I use for day to day use?I tri-boot in one system and dual boot another. I have XP/Vista/W732 on one and W7,64 and Ubuntu on another. I personally like to have each OS on a separate hard drive (they are VERY cheap now) and to be safe, I unplug the other drives while installing the new OS. Upon boot up, I hit the F8 key and choose which drive to boot to but also like EasyBCD to set the boot choice for me.
I see a lot of mention about dual boot but how do I do that? Don't I need to repartition my C: drive to make the extra partition? How do I do that without wiping out everything currently on the c: drive?
UPDATE: Since your post, I've been doing some research about what it would take to partition my c: drive without losing what's on it. Once I work up the courage and set aside several days to recover from any mishap, I will try partitioning and running Win7 in the second partition. I'll also have to move a bunch of files fromthe c: drive to make enough room. RIght now, that seems to be the biggest hurdle.
I'm getting away from this thread but another option I use is a rack drive. My home built system has enough room for another drive and this $40 drive bay connects to SATA and I can swap out hard drives in a jiffy and boot to them or use to backup. It's sweet and has worked well for me with all the beta testing I do.
Here's one not the one I have but close. Some have fancy lights on the front but mine has a fan on the back to help keep the drive cool.
See, they are as many options as opinions. Isn't this fun?
Paul
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