Installing xp twice

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Yes, my password is: Forgot your password? What happened? What do I do about it? I've lived this long without SP2 I'm tempted to go on that way, but I'm at least curious! Joined Feb 20, Messages 51, Did you unload all the programs in memory--especially any virus scanning programs? Also don't click next when that second setup wizard appears. Just wait for the first step or phase to complete. I haven't installed SP2 in a long time so I forget exactly what comes up. Old Rich.

Joined Jan 17, Messages 10, What model Dell? A05 is the newest version. Thank you, sir! Joined Jul 19, Messages 11, Thx for sticking with this newbie! I have one followup question: are you saying that I must at least update my bios before trying to install SP2, before I'll even know if I still have problems or not? The msg below yours says not to monkey with the bios unless I have a good reason to.

Is this one such reason, I guess is what I'm asking? It is easy to do. The only real danger is power going out during the flash. Well, now I'm stumped.

Then you should not have the microcode conflict. Look at the top of the screen. Tap the Delete key when you turn it on. Zakk - I gave this some thought too - I would love to have a Daw install and an 'everything else' install - can only afford one laptop. I can't see any problem legally with windows - you can't use both installs at once, you are the registrant for that copy, you are only using it on one machine, and the restriction AFAIK is on installing it on two separate machines.

Anything else is just legal nit-picking. If you instal two doze on the same machine, on the same HD, the registration should theoretically treat it as a fresh install of windoze, as the install will read the hardware as being the same in both instances, and should report the machine as being the same to Windows online registration. Installing it on a totally separate HD might run into trouble, though.

If you can, please let us know if you succeeded, and what you needed to do. Good luck! Based on your comments in this thread I get the impression that you are probably not familiar with dual booting windows systems, or deeper computing concepts in general, but your responses imply as such.

Well, you're wrong. I've been using PCs since I've used every version of Windows since Windows I used to build all of my own computers and I still do my own upgrades and configurations.

I did make a mistake about the primary partitions. You can have up to four primary partitions on a hard drive. I don't normally partition my hard drives unless of a size restriction with the hardware, for example the GB limitation on some IDE systems. I am very leery of dual boot environments and especially not a dual-boot of the same operating system.

In my experience, the risk is greater than the potential benefits. However, if he wants to try it, go right ahead. That's a good way to learn what works and what doesn't. I agree, materially, its legal nitpicking. Mostly my concern is whether or not Windows authorization would create a problem.

Also, I think installing it on a second physical drive is a bit different and might create a problem because Windows authorization is going to see it going onto a different piece of hardware. Dave, maybe you can be more specific about what your concerns are regarding dual-boot systems.

I've used them before and never had any problem. Maybe I was just lucky and you've had problems you can share. I've thought about doing this myself but it is a big hassle so if you're thinking of something that would make me say forget it I'd like to know.

That's a good way to learn what works and what doesn't exactly, and the link was a nice touch. My question is what difference, of any consequence, do you expect to achieve? You're still going to be "taxing" the resources of your primary HD while it's seeking the data files that are applicable to your DAW work You're still going to be "taxing" the resources of your primary HD while it's seeking the data files that are applicable to your DAW work..

The difference, all other things being equal, is that the DAW boot partition will be a stripped down doze, minus all those annoying little supefluous programmes that doze insists we need. Also, no network or internet. The effect will be the same as having a dedicated DAW, with the advantage that it can be rebooted for work in the dirty old world of commerce.

I've read all of the subsequent posts to your question October 23rd, , PM Tim Borek. The first version is the one I wanted to remove, and the second is an "empty" one that runs with all the defaults and a completely bare desktop, oddly enough.

How can I remove the 2nd copy of XP? I planned on installing my third-party apps, but I didn't budget time for this. Thanks for advice!

Other than "buy a Mac. October 23rd, , PM Alexis Vazquez. How you did that "clean install" I'm not sure if that is possible, I mean two XP OS in the same drive, it sounds more like a corrupted instalation. If I were you I'll format the drive first and start a real clean setup. Then Ghost your Drive. Have Fun, Alexis. October 23rd, , PM Bogdan Vaglarov. I think you made a mistake on chosing the instalation partition. You must have installed the second copy on a different partition.

It's not a bad thing though.