Install independent 32-bit and 64-bit dual-system _windowsxp on dual hard drives

Now the 64-bit operating system has not yet Chinese version, coupled with the impact of compatibility issues, the formation of independent multiple systems has obviously become the best solution. Many friends in the 64-bit hardware platform has been purchased SATA hard drive, but also has SATA and Pata hard disk friends are not a few, below to explain how the two hard drives to build 32-bit and 64-bit Windows XP independent dual system.

　　 one. Set up SATA hard drives

Description: The hard disk used for testing is: PATA interface of Seagate 40GB and SATA interface of Seagate 80GB hard disk each piece. How to set up a SATA hard drive, as determined by the motherboard, this article takes the SL-K8AV2-R1L motherboard to set the method as an example. Dear friends, To use this feature, please refer to your own motherboard instructions.

　　 1. Set the SATA hard drive to IDE mode

After entering the BIOS, select "Integrated peripherals (Integrated peripherals)" on the main interface to enter the Setup interface. Set the "Onchip SATA" item to  癊 nabled. Set the SATA Mode entry to IDE.

　　 2. Select Active Hard Drive

Select the 2nd item in the BIOS main interface, "Advanced BIOS Features", and then select "Hard DISK Boot Priority" to observe the following:

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The 1th one is the IDE hard disk, the 3rd is the SATA hard drive, press the page key on the keyboard, then choose on which hard drive to install the system. For the convenience of narration, we will be the selected hard drive called the active hard disk.

Note: under "Advanced BIOS Features", select "the" "Boot Device" to set the starting order for devices such as discs, hard disks, and so on. However, you cannot select a SATA hard drive. Specifically how to make SATA hard disk first boot, but also in the "Hard Disk boot Priority" under the settings.

　　 two. installation system and Conversion

Through the previous discussion, we have been able to select the active hard drive. All you have to do is install any operating system on an active hard drive, and then set another hard drive as the active hard drive and install another system.

Once the installation is complete, you can access the contents of another hard disk in Windows. This way, when you install the system on one hard disk, the other hard drive is not hidden, and the boot menu is not generated. It is easy to access another hard drive under any operating system and read and write data from another hard disk.

However, it is relatively cumbersome to switch from one system to another, which must be set in the BIOS as provided in the previous method. Maybe that's the only drawback to installing a dual-system on a dual hard drive.

　　 Small Knowledge

If the general method of installing dual systems, the two systems will rely on Boot.ini files to form the boot menu, if 32-bit system error, especially when 32-bit system can not start or Boot.ini file error, 64-bit system is also in a state of paralysis, to maintain a great inconvenience. and the construction of dual-disk dual-drive system does not exist this problem. At the same time, each hard disk more independent, even if one piece is damaged, another piece can also work independently, this is a single hard disk multiple systems can not match. From the realization of the method, there are very different, mainly reflected in the choice of installation carrier.