can i make a dual boot...

My raid mirror setup on my rig somehow failed, and now i have 2 seperate
drives. My primary drive has vista home premium (works ok), and now my 2nd
drive is like a backup or spare. i can access the data ok.
My question is rather than having the 2nd drive as a spare, i was thinking
about putting XP on it - a dual boot would be great i figure.
Is this possible on a rig that has had Vista on it for the last 6 months?
My mobo is a Asus Striker Extreme - but i cant see anything in the bios that
has anything to do with dual boot.
Can i reformat the spare drive and load XP on it and is there a way during
boot to select which drive to boot off of?

please help!
thanx

My take is to disconnect the Vista drive, install XP and whatever onto what
is presently the second drive, and use BIOS to boot to either one. This is
what I do..



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"Zakspeed" <thirose@shaw.ca> wrote in message
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> My raid mirror setup on my rig somehow failed, and now i have 2 seperate
> drives. My primary drive has vista home premium (works ok), and now my
> 2nd drive is like a backup or spare. i can access the data ok.
> My question is rather than having the 2nd drive as a spare, i was thinking
> about putting XP on it - a dual boot would be great i figure.
> Is this possible on a rig that has had Vista on it for the last 6 months?
> My mobo is a Asus Striker Extreme - but i cant see anything in the bios
> that has anything to do with dual boot.
> Can i reformat the spare drive and load XP on it and is there a way during
> boot to select which drive to boot off of?
>
> please help!
> thanx

"Mike Hall - MVP" <mikehall@mvps.com> wrote in message
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> My take is to disconnect the Vista drive, install XP and whatever onto
> what is presently the second drive, and use BIOS to boot to either one.
> This is what I do..
>
>
>
> --
> Mike Hall - MVP
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx
> Posting Productively.. http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>
>
>
> "Zakspeed" <thirose@shaw.ca> wrote in message
> news:%CsYi.188577$th2.118816@pd7urf3no...
>> My raid mirror setup on my rig somehow failed, and now i have 2 seperate
>> drives. My primary drive has vista home premium (works ok), and now my
>> 2nd drive is like a backup or spare. i can access the data ok.
>> My question is rather than having the 2nd drive as a spare, i was
>> thinking about putting XP on it - a dual boot would be great i figure.
>> Is this possible on a rig that has had Vista on it for the last 6 months?
>> My mobo is a Asus Striker Extreme - but i cant see anything in the bios
>> that has anything to do with dual boot.
>> Can i reformat the spare drive and load XP on it and is there a way
>> during boot to select which drive to boot off of?
>>
>> please help!
>> thanx
>

You need to get a boot mgr program. See, http://www.boot-us.com/screensh.htm

"Mike Hall - MVP" <mikehall@mvps.com> wrote in message
news:ekbepRaIIHA.4196@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> My take is to disconnect the Vista drive, install XP and whatever onto
> what is presently the second drive, and use BIOS to boot to either one.
> This is what I do..
>
>
>
> --
> Mike Hall - MVP
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx
> Posting Productively.. http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>
>
>
> "Zakspeed" <thirose@shaw.ca> wrote in message
> news:%CsYi.188577$th2.118816@pd7urf3no...
>> My raid mirror setup on my rig somehow failed, and now i have 2 seperate
>> drives. My primary drive has vista home premium (works ok), and now my
>> 2nd drive is like a backup or spare. i can access the data ok.
>> My question is rather than having the 2nd drive as a spare, i was
>> thinking about putting XP on it - a dual boot would be great i figure.
>> Is this possible on a rig that has had Vista on it for the last 6 months?
>> My mobo is a Asus Striker Extreme - but i cant see anything in the bios
>> that has anything to do with dual boot.
>> Can i reformat the spare drive and load XP on it and is there a way
>> during boot to select which drive to boot off of?
>>
>> please help!
>> thanx
>

That would be a lot of fun. Go into the bios every time, make changes, save
and exit, reboot just to run the other os.

It keeps them entirely separate. That is not a bad thing..

--
Mike Hall - MVP
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx
Posting Productively.. http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm



"Kevin Weaver" <kevinkeithweaver@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> "Mike Hall - MVP" <mikehall@mvps.com> wrote in message
> news:ekbepRaIIHA.4196@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> My take is to disconnect the Vista drive, install XP and whatever onto
>> what is presently the second drive, and use BIOS to boot to either one.
>> This is what I do..
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Mike Hall - MVP
>> http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx
>> Posting Productively.. http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>>
>>
>>
>> "Zakspeed" <thirose@shaw.ca> wrote in message
>> news:%CsYi.188577$th2.118816@pd7urf3no...
>>> My raid mirror setup on my rig somehow failed, and now i have 2 seperate
>>> drives. My primary drive has vista home premium (works ok), and now my
>>> 2nd drive is like a backup or spare. i can access the data ok.
>>> My question is rather than having the 2nd drive as a spare, i was
>>> thinking about putting XP on it - a dual boot would be great i figure.
>>> Is this possible on a rig that has had Vista on it for the last 6
>>> months?
>>> My mobo is a Asus Striker Extreme - but i cant see anything in the bios
>>> that has anything to do with dual boot.
>>> Can i reformat the spare drive and load XP on it and is there a way
>>> during boot to select which drive to boot off of?
>>>
>>> please help!
>>> thanx
>>
>
> That would be a lot of fun. Go into the bios every time, make changes,
> save and exit, reboot just to run the other os.

http://www.vistabootpro.org/

Have a look at the above link

Just make sure that there are XP drivers available from your mobo's
manufacturer's website for your mobo!

"Zakspeed" wrote:

> My raid mirror setup on my rig somehow failed, and now i have 2 seperate
> drives. My primary drive has vista home premium (works ok), and now my 2nd
> drive is like a backup or spare. i can access the data ok.
> My question is rather than having the 2nd drive as a spare, i was thinking
> about putting XP on it - a dual boot would be great i figure.
> Is this possible on a rig that has had Vista on it for the last 6 months?
> My mobo is a Asus Striker Extreme - but i cant see anything in the bios that
> has anything to do with dual boot.
> Can i reformat the spare drive and load XP on it and is there a way during
> boot to select which drive to boot off of?
>
> please help!
> thanx
>
>