In his case he already has two independent systems, so there would be no
real problems later. Booting from the BIOS is, however, a good alternative.
"peter" <peter@nowhere.net> wrote in message
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> You could also check your BIOS to see if it has the capabilities to let
> you chose which HD to boot from during the bootup procedure.
> A lot of the newer BIOS let you determine which HD to boot from by means
> of pushing F12 during the boot process which brings up a screen listing
> your HD and you then chose which to boot from.This way there is no messy
> boot files/mbr changes which can create havoc later...like if you
> remove/lose the C drive you will not be able to boot into anything...or
> you decide not to dual boot anymore.
> its still your choice
> peter
> "Clivesapple" <Clivesapple@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:913C8765-EF3B-4806-8311-3CDD03111316@microsoft.com...
>>I have 2 Hard drives on my computer and I have Vista Home Premium on one
>>and
>> Vista Business on the second(slave). I have had trouble instaling this
>> business Vista as it is an upgrade from XP Professional,When the XP
>> installed
>> on slave the vista failed to install. I have tried 3 times and gave up,
>> however it seemed to me that I could disconnect the master hdd and
>> install
>> onto the slave without any interference from the first home premium on
>> the
>> master hdd.
>> This worked a treat except that when I plugged in the master hdd the only
>> OS
>> to start was the home premium. Now I can only use Business when I
>> disconnect
>> the master hdd. How can I select which OS to load on start up.
>>
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