Can I have XP pro on one harddrive with dyanmic disk and XP home on another
harddrive that is a basic disk since XP home does not support dynamic disk?
Thanks, Mack

On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 03:08:23 -0800, Mack wrote:

> Can I have XP pro on one harddrive with dyanmic disk and XP home on another
> harddrive that is a basic disk since XP home does not support dynamic disk?
> Thanks, Mack

I would think not, but why? What are you trying to achieve?

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Hi Mack,

I don't see why not as long as you don't convert the XP Home drive, though I
haven't actually tried that. Be aware too that the Home installation will
not be able to read anything on the dynamic disk. I should think too that
you would want to keep ntldr on the basic disk.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Mack" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:4FF38D02-5AEE-4769-9B13-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Can I have XP pro on one harddrive with dyanmic disk and XP home on
> another
> harddrive that is a basic disk since XP home does not support dynamic
> disk?
> Thanks, Mack

Thanks for replying. Not trying to achieve anything, just wanted to know
since I have XP Home on both drives.
"Gordon" wrote:

> On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 03:08:23 -0800, Mack wrote:
>
> > Can I have XP pro on one harddrive with dyanmic disk and XP home on another
> > harddrive that is a basic disk since XP home does not support dynamic disk?
> > Thanks, Mack
>
> I would think not, but why? What are you trying to achieve?
>
> --
> Gordon Burgess-Parker
> Interim Systems and Management Accounting
> www.gbpcomputing.co.uk
>
>

Thanks, Nutcase. I wouldn't want XP Home to read anything from the other
drive. I just want to be able to boot from either drive.

"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:

> Hi Mack,
>
> I don't see why not as long as you don't convert the XP Home drive, though I
> haven't actually tried that. Be aware too that the Home installation will
> not be able to read anything on the dynamic disk. I should think too that
> you would want to keep ntldr on the basic disk.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Mack" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:4FF38D02-5AEE-4769-9B13-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Can I have XP pro on one harddrive with dyanmic disk and XP home on
> > another
> > harddrive that is a basic disk since XP home does not support dynamic
> > disk?
> > Thanks, Mack
>
>
>

On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 04:10:32 -0800, Mack wrote:

>
> since I have XP Home on both drives.

Another one word reply: Why? (Are these two drives in the same machine?)

--
Gordon Burgess-Parker
Interim Systems and Management Accounting
www.gbpcomputing.co.uk

Mack wrote:

> Thanks for replying. Not trying to achieve anything, just wanted to
> know since I have XP Home on both drives.


You have two installations of XP Home on one computer? Why? That's a very
unusual setup. What does doing that accomplish for you?

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> "Gordon" wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 03:08:23 -0800, Mack wrote:
>>
>>> Can I have XP pro on one harddrive with dyanmic disk and XP home on
>>> another harddrive that is a basic disk since XP home does not
>>> support dynamic disk? Thanks, Mack
>>
>> I would think not, but why? What are you trying to achieve?
>>
>> --
>> Gordon Burgess-Parker
>> Interim Systems and Management Accounting
>> www.gbpcomputing.co.uk

Does someone have to accomplish anything? Can't you do it just because you
want too? I just like to do things to see if I can.

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

> Mack wrote:
>
> > Thanks for replying. Not trying to achieve anything, just wanted to
> > know since I have XP Home on both drives.
>
>
> You have two installations of XP Home on one computer? Why? That's a very
> unusual setup. What does doing that accomplish for you?
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>
>
>
> > "Gordon" wrote:
> >
> >> On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 03:08:23 -0800, Mack wrote:
> >>
> >>> Can I have XP pro on one harddrive with dyanmic disk and XP home on
> >>> another harddrive that is a basic disk since XP home does not
> >>> support dynamic disk? Thanks, Mack
> >>
> >> I would think not, but why? What are you trying to achieve?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Gordon Burgess-Parker
> >> Interim Systems and Management Accounting
> >> www.gbpcomputing.co.uk
>
>
>

Ken Blake, MVP wrote:

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still disagree with what I have to say Could you please write me back
at:


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Thanks Bro.

Mack wrote:

> Does someone have to accomplish anything? Can't you do it just
> because you want too? I just like to do things to see if I can.


You can of course do, or at least try to do, whatever you want. A question
like "why do you want to do this?" is often asked because if we understand
your objectives, we may be able to help you achieve them in some way other
by providing the direct answer to your question that you may have thought
was the only thing that could help you.

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> "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
>
>> Mack wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for replying. Not trying to achieve anything, just wanted to
>>> know since I have XP Home on both drives.
>>
>>
>> You have two installations of XP Home on one computer? Why? That's a
>> very unusual setup. What does doing that accomplish for you?
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>> Please reply to the newsgroup
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> "Gordon" wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 03:08:23 -0800, Mack wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Can I have XP pro on one harddrive with dyanmic disk and XP home
>>>>> on another harddrive that is a basic disk since XP home does not
>>>>> support dynamic disk? Thanks, Mack
>>>>
>>>> I would think not, but why? What are you trying to achieve?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Gordon Burgess-Parker
>>>> Interim Systems and Management Accounting
>>>> www.gbpcomputing.co.uk