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  1. labajue

    labajue Member

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    sorry to bother u all again i just bought my mates com and he has xp installed i was wondering could i put my 40 gb drive in his com so i have two hdd but the prob is on my hdd im using win 98se do they both have to be same os or do i have to have no ois on my hdd or will it be fine with two hdd with two difrent os cheers
     
    labajue, May 9, 2005
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    can have more than 1 hd in system. because you already have xp installed, you might have to kiss win98se goodbye
     
    ddp, May 9, 2005
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    does that mean the second hd has no os on it or do i have to put xp on it too
     
    labajue, May 9, 2005
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    xp is on the c:drive which is your boot drive so don't put it also on the d:drive
     
    ddp, May 9, 2005
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    so what your saying is leave drive d blank with no os is that correct
     
    labajue, May 10, 2005
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    yes as 2nd hd be used as storage space
     
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