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September 28th 09, 04:28 PM
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2 XP's on one PC?
I currently have XP/SP3 on C:, an IDE drive.
Have added, partitioned and formatted a SATA drive, the m/b supports both. Can I have XP on the SATA drive as well as the IDE? I don't want to use imaging software, I would like to keep both until I have got XP on the SATA drive working the way I want then maybe get rid of it on the IDE drive. Is this infringing EULA or anything like that? Will I get better performance from having XP and programs on the SATA drive? Is it straightforward, are there any pitfalls to watch out for? I'm assuming that if I do this I will get a choice of XP's at boot time, is that correct? Replies and advice appreciated. Kenny Cargill 
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September 28th 09, 04:37 PM
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2 XP's on one PC?
Your biggest stumbling block with two independent instances of XP
is drive lettering. If you eventually want to use the secondary instance it will not have ( or use ) C:\, as your original XP has. Performance wise a PATA will have around 60 Meg per Second transfer rate while SATA can reach or exceed 100 Meg per Second. I'd discourage you from creating a 2nd instance of XP. Just use some type of Imaging to copy your existing XP to the SATA drive. One issue that will usually happen is that mixing both PATA and SATA the BIOS tends to map the PATA as the preferred boot disk and it will get a C:\ drive letter assignment when both PATA/SATA are used together. If you do the setup as you describe the Boot.Ini will reside on the existing PATA (C:\). When you remove it from the system the 2nd XP instance won't boot until you create & designate the SATA as the boot device. "Kenny" wrote in message ... I currently have XP/SP3 on C:, an IDE drive. Have added, partitioned and formatted a SATA drive, the m/b supports both. Can I have XP on the SATA drive as well as the IDE? I don't want to use imaging software, I would like to keep both until I have got XP on the SATA drive working the way I want then maybe get rid of it on the IDE drive. Is this infringing EULA or anything like that? Will I get better performance from having XP and programs on the SATA drive? Is it straightforward, are there any pitfalls to watch out for? I'm assuming that if I do this I will get a choice of XP's at boot time, is that correct? Replies and advice appreciated. Kenny Cargill
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September 28th 09, 04:39 PM
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2 XP's on one PC?
it's one license per computer.
however, if your ide hard drive became "faulty" you would be allowed to install windows on the "new" sata drive, that is if your system can boot from sata. -- db·´¯`·...¸)))º DatabaseBen, Retired Professional - Systems Analyst - Database Developer - Accountancy - Veteran of the Armed Forces - @Hotmail.com - nntp Postologist ~ "share the nirvana" - dbZen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Kenny" wrote in message ... I currently have XP/SP3 on C:, an IDE drive. Have added, partitioned and formatted a SATA drive, the m/b supports both. Can I have XP on the SATA drive as well as the IDE? I don't want to use imaging software, I would like to keep both until I have got XP on the SATA drive working the way I want then maybe get rid of it on the IDE drive. Is this infringing EULA or anything like that? Will I get better performance from having XP and programs on the SATA drive? Is it straightforward, are there any pitfalls to watch out for? I'm assuming that if I do this I will get a choice of XP's at boot time, is that correct? Replies and advice appreciated. Kenny Cargill
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September 28th 09, 06:50 PM
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2 XP's on one PC?
"Kenny" wrote in message ... Is this infringing EULA or anything like that? Yes.
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September 30th 09, 08:55 AM
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2 XP's on one PC?
"Gordon" wrote in message ... "Kenny" wrote in message ... Is this infringing EULA or anything like that? Yes. No. One licence - One PC. The OP is not going to breach that.
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September 30th 09, 09:05 AM
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2 XP's on one PC?
"M.I.5¾" wrote in message ... "Gordon" wrote in message ... "Kenny" wrote in message ... Is this infringing EULA or anything like that? Yes. No. One licence - One PC. The OP is not going to breach that. Err NO. A separate Partition is a separate device. READ THE EULA.
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September 30th 09, 01:49 PM
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2 XP's on one PC?
"M.I.5¾" wrote in message
"Gordon" wrote in message ... "Kenny" wrote in message ... Is this infringing EULA or anything like that? Yes. No. One licence - One PC. The OP is not going to breach that. Nope. Read the EULA again: It's one INSTANCE per PC. Run two and you need two licenses.
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September 30th 09, 02:12 PM
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2 XP's on one PC?
Gordon wrote: "M.I.5¾" wrote in message ... "Gordon" wrote in message ... "Kenny" wrote in message ... Is this infringing EULA or anything like that? Yes. No. One licence - One PC. The OP is not going to breach that. Err NO. A separate Partition is a separate device. READ THE EULA. You're recalling the wrong EULA. Correct one is excerpted below and "run one copy" would be the operative part of the phrase. Installation and use. You may install, use, access, display and run one copy of the Product on a single computer, such as a workstation, terminal or other device ("Workstation Computer").
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September 30th 09, 02:32 PM
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2 XP's on one PC?
"Bob I" wrote in message ... Gordon wrote: "M.I.5¾" wrote in message ... "Gordon" wrote in message ... "Kenny" wrote in message ... Is this infringing EULA or anything like that? Yes. No. One licence - One PC. The OP is not going to breach that. Err NO. A separate Partition is a separate device. READ THE EULA. You're recalling the wrong EULA. Correct one is excerpted below and "run one copy" would be the operative part of the phrase. Installation and use. You may install, use, access, display and run one copy of the Product on a single computer, such as a workstation, terminal or other device ("Workstation Computer"). Same end, different wording.
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