Can XP be installed on both the primary drive and secondary drive?

[Guest]

Can Windows XP be installed on both the primary hard drive and a secondary
removable internal drive (not a USB drive). More specifically can this be
done without any partitioning (i.e. are the two physical drives already
effectively two different partitions such that XP will allow the install on
both physical drives).

If so will Windows XP on the second drive be able to access files on the
first drive without screwing things up when I run XP on the primary drive
again?
Thanks

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

No. Unless you have a separate license for Windows XP

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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| Can Windows XP be installed on both the primary hard drive and a secondary
| removable internal drive (not a USB drive). More specifically can this be
| done without any partitioning (i.e. are the two physical drives already
| effectively two different partitions such that XP will allow the install on
| both physical drives).
|
| If so will Windows XP on the second drive be able to access files on the
| first drive without screwing things up when I run XP on the primary drive
| again?
| Thanks

 

[Guest]

Ok assuming I have another license will what I said work?
Assuming I only have one license why won't microsoft let me have a hot
backup. What I want is to duplicate all the software on my primary disk on
the removable disk and store it as a hot backup of all installed system
software in case the primary goes bad. Any hopefully be able to access the
files on the primary disk to fix them in the event it goes bad. Am I on the
wrong track here?

 

[ByTor]

Ok assuming I have another license will what I said work?

The way you explained it the first time is entirely different than what
you are saying here.........

Use the HD's manuf. disk & do a disk to disk exact copy to your second
HD.....Shelf it & leave it.......

Assuming I only have one license why won't microsoft let me have a hot
backup.

You can do what you want, forgot about the MS nazis and their
*assumptions* that you wouldn't have another license......In the
situation you are describing now I see *no* reason that another license
is needed......You described in your original post what seemed like a
dual boot scenario, in that case than I would have to agree you need
another license......Than again I woulda just answered ya and not made
that assumption that you didn't have one & just said *no*.

What I want is to duplicate all the software on my primary disk on
the removable disk and store it as a hot backup of all installed system
software in case the primary goes bad. Any hopefully be able to access the
files on the primary disk to fix them in the event it goes bad. Am I on the
wrong track here?

As I said, attach your second drive as a slave do a disk to disk copy &
be done........As far as *fixing* I'm a little confused here, if the
primary goes bad all your data might be lost anyway. But keep in mind if
you need to put the bad one in if it's still accessable you cannot have
2 active partitions at one time wanting to boot to C, your system will
become totally confused & start configuring your second drive to a
different letter. The status of the drive would have to be made non-
active in order for it to just be booted as a second drive letter.

 

[Guest]

I was able to successfully install XP Pro on the second hard disk using the
same license. I was then able to use the new install on d: to access files on
c: and recover all my data on c: and d: to a USB drive for safe keeping.
Now the question is how to fix the install on c: given that I can now boot
up a system on d: properly. I ran chkdisk and this enabled me to boot past
the windows logo on the first installation that failed but it just went into
Setup Mode. I then ran XP Pro installation disk but it asked for Admin
password, which I don't have. Is there a default password to use on the XP
Pro System Console?

 

[ByTor]

I was able to successfully install XP Pro on the second hard disk using the
same license. I was then able to use the new install on d: to access files on
c: and recover all my data on c: and d: to a USB drive for safe keeping.
Now the question is how to fix the install on c: given that I can now boot
up a system on d: properly. I ran chkdisk and this enabled me to boot past
the windows logo on the first installation that failed but it just went into
Setup Mode. I then ran XP Pro installation disk but it asked for Admin
password, which I don't have. Is there a default password to use on the XP
Pro System Console?

So your c was messed up to begin with? You seem to keep changing your
scenarios here and it's a bit confusing and people just may blow you
off.....

Now that you have all your data saved wipe your drives and start over, c
is useless and so is d........

 

[Smiles]

Can Windows XP be installed on both the primary hard drive and a secondary
removable internal drive (not a USB drive). More specifically can this be
done without any partitioning (i.e. are the two physical drives already
effectively two different partitions such that XP will allow the install on
both physical drives).

If so will Windows XP on the second drive be able to access files on the
first drive without screwing things up when I run XP on the primary drive
again?
Thanks

OK

lets make some decisions
you are going to use same software
the use will know what he or she is doing

first install primary drive
install XP and all software

second remove power from primary and install secondary
install XP and all software

connect both drives boot from primary
open msconfig
modify boot.ini to give option of c or d boot

what I would do if you are using d as a recovery drive
partition both at 9 to 10 gig
use second partition on first drive for data
create a backup of this partition on secondary

I use this method but back up daily to tape
remember tape is used for a max of 50-60 times

 

[Poprivet]

OK

lets make some decisions
you are going to use same software
the use will know what he or she is doing

first install primary drive
install XP and all software

second remove power from primary and install secondary
install XP and all software

connect both drives boot from primary
open msconfig
modify boot.ini to give option of c or d boot

what I would do if you are using d as a recovery drive
partition both at 9 to 10 gig
use second partition on first drive for data
create a backup of this partition on secondary

I use this method but back up daily to tape
remember tape is used for a max of 50-60 times

But you might end up with updating issues unless you have two licenses.
It's one "install" per machine per license if you read the EULA.