I would like to be able to dual boot XP, by having it installed on 2
different HDD. One drive will be for my use and the other for my son. I would
like the drives to not be visible to each other. Another words when my son is
using the computer he can't see or access my HD and visa-versa.

I've tried using PM's Boot magic but just can't seem to make it work.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

"Tyler" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:E2FE18AD-2092-4045-9057-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I would like to be able to dual boot XP, by having it installed on 2
> different HDD. One drive will be for my use and the other for my son. I
would
> like the drives to not be visible to each other. Another words when my son
is
> using the computer he can't see or access my HD and visa-versa.
>
> I've tried using PM's Boot magic but just can't seem to make it work.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

You can do this easily with XOSL (which is free). However,
it needs either a dedicated 15 MByte partition on either disk,
or access to a FAT32 partition. It will let you hide/unhide any
partition selectively and you can protect your own installation
with a password. Disabling it and returning to a normal WinXP
boot is very easy.

Have a look at the web site and post again if you need more
advice. And a word of warning: It is best to play with XOSL
on a spare hard disk until you are comfortable with the
product. If you don't then you could easily wipe your
existing installations.
http://www.ranish.com/part/xosl.htm

"Tyler" wrote:
>I would like to be able to dual boot XP, by having it installed on 2
> different HDD. One drive will be for my use and the other for my
> son. I would like the drives to not be visible to each other.
> Another words when my son is using the computer he can't see
> or access my HD and visa-versa.
>
> I've tried using PM's Boot magic but just can't seem to make it work.


There is also a way to do it with hardware:

Use a single "mobile rack" with 2 "mobile trays", such
as those made by Kingwin:
for IDE hard drives - http://kingwin.com/pdut_Cat.asp?CateID=25
http://kingwin.com/pdut_Cat.asp?CateID=35
for SATA hard drives - http://kingwin.com/pdut_Cat.asp?CateID=47
http://kingwin.com/pdut_Cat.asp?CateID=44

With such removable HDs, you can be absolutely assured
that your son's OS cannot "inspect" any part of your HD
because your HD will be somewhere else. And vice versa.

For SATA HDs, you can even use an external case if it has
the new eSATA connectors and you can just plug in your
external SATA HD when you want to use it.

*TimDaniels*

"Tyler" wrote

>I would like to be able to dual boot XP, by having it installed on 2
> different HDD. One drive will be for my use and the other for my son. I
> would
> like the drives to not be visible to each other. Another words when my son
> is
> using the computer he can't see or access my HD and visa-versa.
>
> I've tried using PM's Boot magic but just can't seem to make it work.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

FYI, though you may have already taken this into account, two XP licenses
are needed for this.

--

Rock [ MVP User/Shell]

Why dont you save time and effort by having two different user areas, but
allowing Hard Disk one to be used by yourself, and Hard Disk two to be used
by your son?

if by Dual Booting you mean you want them both booted at the same time,
unless you have a high end PC then dont bother because it will crawl.

"Rock" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> "Tyler" wrote
>
> >I would like to be able to dual boot XP, by having it installed on 2
> > different HDD. One drive will be for my use and the other for my son. I
> > would
> > like the drives to not be visible to each other. Another words when my
son
> > is
> > using the computer he can't see or access my HD and visa-versa.
> >
> > I've tried using PM's Boot magic but just can't seem to make it work.
> >
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> FYI, though you may have already taken this into account, two XP licenses
> are needed for this.

Why would he need two licences?

Another way you could do it is through permissions. If you use a third
party boot manager and if you install the operating systems completely
independent from one another, then you can use each operating systems
permisions controls and deny the users any rights to the other drive.
Of course you need to behave and have respect and consideration for the
other user, if one has administrative privileges and decides to break
the rules and "peak" at the other drive then this won't work.

John

Tyler wrote:

> I would like to be able to dual boot XP, by having it installed on 2
> different HDD. One drive will be for my use and the other for my son. I would
> like the drives to not be visible to each other. Another words when my son is
> using the computer he can't see or access my HD and visa-versa.
>
> I've tried using PM's Boot magic but just can't seem to make it work.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Tyler wrote:

> I would like to be able to dual boot XP, by having it installed on 2
> different HDD. One drive will be for my use and the other for my son.
> I would like the drives to not be visible to each other. Another
> words when my son is using the computer he can't see or access my HD
> and visa-versa.
>
> I've tried using PM's Boot magic but just can't seem to make it work.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.


You've already gotten several answers to your question, but let me make
another suggestion. Windows XP is a mutlti-user operating system, designed
to have several users and separate them from each other, restricting access
of one users files to himself, and so on. Have you looked into these
facilities to see if they meet your needs? If they do, it would be a much
simpler and cheaper solution.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>
> "Tyler" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:E2FE18AD-2092-4045-9057-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I would like to be able to dual boot XP, by having it installed on 2
> > different HDD. One drive will be for my use and the other for my son. I
> would
> > like the drives to not be visible to each other. Another words when my son
> is
> > using the computer he can't see or access my HD and visa-versa.
> >
> > I've tried using PM's Boot magic but just can't seem to make it work.
> >
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> You can do this easily with XOSL (which is free). However,
> it needs either a dedicated 15 MByte partition on either disk,
> or access to a FAT32 partition. It will let you hide/unhide any
> partition selectively and you can protect your own installation
> with a password. Disabling it and returning to a normal WinXP
> boot is very easy.
>
> Have a look at the web site and post again if you need more
> advice. And a word of warning: It is best to play with XOSL
> on a spare hard disk until you are comfortable with the
> product. If you don't then you could easily wipe your
> existing installations.
> http://www.ranish.com/part/xosl.htm
>
>

I was unable to XOSL to install.
Just gave me a message saying error.
This is what I am attempting to do now.
1.) Install XP on the second HDD. Make sure it functions correctly.
2.) Remove that HDD from the system.
3.) Install XP on the first HDD, allowing the first 30MB partition for Boot
Magic.
4.) I will then put the second HDD into the system.
5.) Install PM8 and Boot Magic.
Hopefully this will work.

Thanks for the help.

Tyler

"Pegasus (MVP)"wrote

> "Rock" wrote

>> "Tyler" wrote
>>
>> >I would like to be able to dual boot XP, by having it installed on 2
>> > different HDD. One drive will be for my use and the other for my son. I
>> > would
>> > like the drives to not be visible to each other. Another words when my
> son
>> > is
>> > using the computer he can't see or access my HD and visa-versa.
>> >
>> > I've tried using PM's Boot magic but just can't seem to make it work.
>> >
>> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> FYI, though you may have already taken this into account, two XP licenses
>> are needed for this.
>
> Why would he need two licences?

If it's two different installations each one requires it's own license, even
though only one is run at a time.

--

Rock [ MVP User/Shell]