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2 operating systems on one pc.

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squiggy

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Nov 1, 2001
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I have recently installed 2 operating systems on 2 hard drives,WinME on 1 and Win98 and can switch back and forth between by unplugging the power cable to one or the other.

My question is can anybody suggest a way to switch them without unplugging them,I would like to put my case cover back on.
Could i install some sort of switch to do it,if so how?
Bios doesn't support switching IDE Drives off..
 
sqiggy,

On my old 486 machine, I had 2 identical drives. You had to put in a shorting link to get one to run as a slave. I fitted a simple switch which would short out one or the other. Operating the switch would effectively change over C and D drives. The switch position was selected before booting.
 
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