?- to make onc pc as two

[bigyandixit]

I have one p4 computer

and I need two p4 computers


one for internet purpose and one for sound softwares files..


But i cannot buy next computer but i need to do the job with that one computer..


So my question is if i use two hardrives and two operating system would it be as two computers or the thing is same..


The thing is i have too many softwares in one computer so i thought putting two harddisk and two operating system ... what do u people think...


I have too many softwares my brother uses graphics softwares and me i am using sound wares and virus from internet is crapping me out ..


Any solution that might solve would be appreciated..

In installing two operating system in a computer in two hard disk i think there would be registry overload hence slowing the system...



My question is what should i add to my computer to make it as two computers

 

[wheelema]

Simple and cheap: purchase a Kingwin removable hard drive kit and two carriers. Swap out as needed.

 

[cello_pudding]

usually when i you it me is making two computer to be one the for softwares i change hard drive from a computers into the other.

 

[legionserial]

Partition your hard drive. Hey presto! You will effectively have 2 hard drives (or volumes, more accurately). And you can stick an install of windows on each one. From then before windows loads you will get a menu for which install you want. You can then set each windows up differently for what you want to do.

I do the same. 1 install for audio, one for internet/games etc etc. Both installs are on the same hard drive. I also have a crappy hard drive with an emergency install of windows should the other hard drive go down. And all my storage is on a further 2 hard drives.

On reading your post a second time I'm not sure if this answer I gave is relevant to your question so...

The same can work if you have 2 hard drives. There won't be a 'registry overload' as 1) there is no such thing, and 2) the 2 installs of windows have nothing to do with each other, do not communicate with each other, and cannot communicate with each other, as while you are logged into one, the other is technically 'switched off'. Each install of windows has its own registry that isn't connected to the other in anyway. For the reasons listed above.

 

[Creamyapples1]

right, just install the second harddrive into your case and run a full install of your operating system. After the installation process is complete, when you boot your PC, after the bios load screen it will ask you to select which drive to boot from. I did this with a PC about a year ago, then was in a position to have a second unit. I just took the second HD out and added it to the second, but the original still asks which HD to boot from, even though there is only 1 drive present. Kinda annoying, but no biggie.

 

[taylorguitarman]

The general term to search Google for would be dual booting.
I found a Windows article on Multibooting:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/multiboot.mspx

As mentioned above, you have two or more operating installations and at boot time you need to decide which one to run.

The new craze is virtualization, where you run multiple operating systems concurrently and can switch back and forth without having to reboot. The new Macs are making it more mainstream. The technology has been around for a while in software apps like VMWare, VituralPC, Bochs, Wine, etc. The down side to virtualization is that you are sharing resources (CPU and memory) with the other systems, using a dual boot (or multiboot) setup you get all the resources, but can't quickly switch back and forth.

For what you're looking to do I think you want to look setting up a dual boot system.

 

[travelin travis]

dual booting does'nt actually equal two completely independent systems like using a couple of swappable drives would. i think the swappable drives idea is the best so far.

 

[legionserial]

right, just install the second harddrive into your case and run a full install of your operating system. After the installation process is complete, when you boot your PC, after the bios load screen it will ask you to select which drive to boot from. I did this with a PC about a year ago, then was in a position to have a second unit. I just took the second HD out and added it to the second, but the original still asks which HD to boot from, even though there is only 1 drive present. Kinda annoying, but no biggie.

you can edit your boot.ini file on the root of your C: drive to sort that out. Just make sure you back it up first.

 

[legionserial]

dual booting does'nt actually equal two completely independent systems like using a couple of swappable drives would. i think the swappable drives idea is the best so far.

If he has a boot on each hard drive how would it be any different?.

 

[taylorguitarman]

In a multi boot scenario, you need a boot manager that is aware of the available operating systems. With the swappable drives, there should be no need for a boot manager, each drive is self contained. So, it really is more like having two separate PCs. In some situations that's probably the right solution.
I think the swappable drives is a bit more than is required here, an extra internal drive would probably be sufficient, or simply partitioning the existing one.

I'd favor buying an extra internal drive but any of the above solutions should get the job done.

 

[bigyandixit]

i think an extra drive is the solution

As stated above since the two operation systems installed in two harddrives are not connected by any means

so they virtually seem like using two computers so i am planning to have two hard drives and

i have used multi operation system in one hard drive i think it make the computer slow...

so i am thinking even to use different partition for the internet use like Ntfs or may be different that the for audio or graphic use..

thanks everyone..............

 

[bigyandixit]

can u explain it more furthur

you can edit your boot.ini file on the root of your C: drive to sort that out. Just make sure you back it up first.

This is the soln every one needs and dont know how to do that


are u talkin to edit this from bios or from the operating system???

 

[legionserial]

This is the soln every one needs and dont know how to do that


are u talkin to edit this from bios or from the operating system???

You can edit it from operating system. Just go into the root of C: . You might need to set it show hidden files and folders if it isn't already, so that you can see it. You open boot.ini in notepad, and its like a little text file.

The best thing to do is to make a copy of it and put it somehwere so if you make a mistake editing it you can put it back.

This is good if you have installed and deleted a few operating systems and your boot.ini hasn't changed to reflect it. You get a list of menu options for which install you want, and some of them won't lead anywhere and you'll get an error. You need to figure out which of the installs on the menu are dead. Say if you have 4 items on the menu, and only items 1 and 4 work, and 2 and 3 are dead. Then you go into the boot.ini in your operating system, and delete lines 2 and 3. Then when you boot up next they won't be there in the menu anymore.

I cannot stress enough that you need to back up your boot.ini first just in case you screw it up. I don't want to be held responsible if someone tries it, screws it up, and can't boot anymore.