XP-PRO:Dual Boot[Same OS used]

[Moto Guzzi]

At the moment I got HDD-0 on IDE-1 and CDROM/CDRW + CDROM/DVD on IDE-2.

I want to mount another new HDD-1 to IDE-2 as master, then CDROMCDRW as Slave to IDE-2 and CDROM/DVD as Slave to IDE-1 with HDD-0[XP-PRO].

Then I want to install XP-PRO[My same CD] to HDD-1[New] without any crap, but only a game I like to play.
[Clean XP-PRO + Game on 2nd HDD].

So the end results must be to Dual-Boot either to the one or the other having basically the same OS+CD used.

Questions:

1-Is it possible and feasible to do this ?

2-How is my activation going to be influenced ?

3-How would you have done it ?

 

[Sean]

There is a similar thread to this, but the answer is no. One activation per hardware configuration. Only Office allows for two installs from one license. Since I can use any CD I want to install the OS, because the software it self is free, the "My CD" isn't a feesable answer (as per MS).

So the answer is legally no, and no you can't activate it again, as the hardware is different <-- Not 100% on that because I have never tried it.

Cheers,

Edit: As for question three: Use different hardware profiles and user accounts. Have specific setting per profile (as in what starts service wise, etc).

Cheers,

 

[bigstusexy]

1. should be possible if by IDE1 you me the primary chain and IDE2 you mean the secondary, then yes

2. don't know I don't use XP

3. wouldn't have added a second optical drive



It should be as simple as add the other drive then install xp to it, it will see the other install but just don't touch it