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| | removeable hard drive for OS Vista ->XP pro Simple question that I can't seem to find a definitive answer to.. I have 2 drives both on a machine running Vista ultimate. The 'C' drive is the OS, with the 'E' drive holding music etc. I would like to get a removeable tray for the 'C' drive, so that I can swap out XP pro as another drive ( wll be the new 'C' drive) from time to time, since I have an app that doesn't play nicely in Vista. Now the question: Will the 'E' drive that is currnetly under Vista be altered in any way when I swap out the OS to XP and it is rediscovered? Is NTFS the same between these two OS's or is this not a good idea? Thanks in advance... KC |
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| | Re: removeable hard drive for OS Vista ->XP pro As long as there is no "installed" software on the D: drive, it will supply data to either operating system just fine. I don't see any reason this wouldn't work. "KC" <bezdeti@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:E794294F-61E3-4E9E-A560-C207E348592A@xxxxxx Quote: > Simple question that I can't seem to find a definitive answer to.. > > I have 2 drives both on a machine running Vista ultimate. The 'C' drive is > the OS, with the 'E' drive holding music etc. > I would like to get a removeable tray for the 'C' drive, so that I can > swap out XP pro as another drive ( wll be the new 'C' drive) from time to > time, since I have an app that doesn't play nicely in Vista. > > Now the question: > > Will the 'E' drive that is currnetly under Vista be altered in any way > when I swap out the OS to XP and it is rediscovered? Is NTFS the same > between these two OS's or is this not a good idea? > > Thanks in advance... > > KC |
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| | Re: removeable hard drive for OS Vista ->XP pro Thanks for the quick response, Wandering. I have shot myself in the foot before by leaping before asking ![]() Thanks, KC "Wandering" <amore.dei@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:eRn$rMROIHA.5720@xxxxxx Quote: > As long as there is no "installed" software on the D: drive, it will > supply data to either operating system just fine. > > I don't see any reason this wouldn't work. > > > "KC" <bezdeti@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:E794294F-61E3-4E9E-A560-C207E348592A@xxxxxx Quote: >> Simple question that I can't seem to find a definitive answer to.. >> >> I have 2 drives both on a machine running Vista ultimate. The 'C' drive >> is the OS, with the 'E' drive holding music etc. >> I would like to get a removeable tray for the 'C' drive, so that I can >> swap out XP pro as another drive ( wll be the new 'C' drive) from time to >> time, since I have an app that doesn't play nicely in Vista. >> >> Now the question: >> >> Will the 'E' drive that is currnetly under Vista be altered in any way >> when I swap out the OS to XP and it is rediscovered? Is NTFS the same >> between these two OS's or is this not a good idea? >> >> Thanks in advance... >> >> KC |
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