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Old 04-14-2007, 03:12 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Re: two HD's one PC

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Originally Posted by giluser View Post
Hello!
A couple of quick questions. First, I want to install two hard drives on one pc. One as a master and one as a slave. Now my question is, do they both need to have the same OS, or can they have two different OS's. The other question is, can they both run off the same power supply connector using a spitter, or do I have to use two sperate connectors. Thanks for your help.
If only running one OS it is only installed to the master drive. You can however install a different OS on each drive. If your motherboard doesn't have an "Easy Boot" option to allow you to choose you boot device from a list, then you would need a boot manager, to choose which OS you want to boot with.
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