Please excuse the "newbeness" of my questions.
I would like to set up two installations of WinXP as independently as possible. I am a musician and want to use one OS for audio applications and one OS for internet/Office applications.
My head is swimming regarding "true hid" , "extended INT13h", and "boot.ini".
I am sure this subject has been raised before on this forum, but I did not turn up any good searches. Would somebody be kind enough to suggest a method? Should I use, Partition Magic 8, Norton Ghost, or Boot-Us? Anything, from a point in the right direction, to a step-by-step instruction, would be really appreciated.
Background: I installed a dual boot system on my desktop just using the Win XP installation CD and it works smoothly. However, once when I corrupted my audio partition, I re-installed it from a ghosted image. The restored OS worked OK, but all my audio programs had to be re-authorized even though the hardware was exactly the same. I was told that if I can manage to install the two OS's completely seperately, I would be able to ghost the two partitions and then be able to restore the audio partition if needed. The audio applications would be restored intact and authorized as before.
I am trying to set up my laptop as safely as possible before I go on tour and I will NEED to have it working all the time.
Thanks in advance, Brontoy
I would like to set up two installations of WinXP as independently as possible. I am a musician and want to use one OS for audio applications and one OS for internet/Office applications.
My head is swimming regarding "true hid" , "extended INT13h", and "boot.ini".
I am sure this subject has been raised before on this forum, but I did not turn up any good searches. Would somebody be kind enough to suggest a method? Should I use, Partition Magic 8, Norton Ghost, or Boot-Us? Anything, from a point in the right direction, to a step-by-step instruction, would be really appreciated.
Background: I installed a dual boot system on my desktop just using the Win XP installation CD and it works smoothly. However, once when I corrupted my audio partition, I re-installed it from a ghosted image. The restored OS worked OK, but all my audio programs had to be re-authorized even though the hardware was exactly the same. I was told that if I can manage to install the two OS's completely seperately, I would be able to ghost the two partitions and then be able to restore the audio partition if needed. The audio applications would be restored intact and authorized as before.
I am trying to set up my laptop as safely as possible before I go on tour and I will NEED to have it working all the time.
Thanks in advance, Brontoy