Re: Is this possible?
On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:18:46 GMT, "archierob"
<archierob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
One computer two HD drives. Son 'owns' one drive I 'own' the other.
Both drives have XP installed. When I am on the comp I boot from my
drive and when he is on he boots from his drive.
Yes, with either a boot manager or a trip into the BIOS to choose a
boot device each time.
Cheers - Jaimie
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