advice on getting my dual boot system up and running

[Navid]

Originally posted by: SelArom

Thanks, that's the info I needed! the music os will not save its data into the my documents folder. I just want to be able to quickly access my data if I have to (for printing etc). The music will be saved into the os hard drive and will be completely seperate. thanks again!

-SelArom

I wouldn't save the music in the OS partition! If you do and some day you need to restore your OS, you will have to deal with backing up a lot of data first. If you save the music on a separate partition, you will not have to back it up just because you need to restore the OS. Granted, you will have to backup your data anyway. But, I would rather do that when I choose, not because I have to!

 

[sourceninja]

Originally posted by: Navid

Originally posted by: sourceninja
Just out of curiosity what are you going to do with 2 copys of windows xp on the same pc? Is driving me nuts trying to figure it out.

In my case, I do not want to use an OS that has beta software on it for business. When I log into my office to work from home, I use the OS that is fully stable. However, for my everyday use, I use an OS that may have beta software.

I always download many different drivers and game demos and free utilities that I install and play with. I don't want any junk like that on the OS I use for work.

For the OS that I use for work, I do not have a firewall. Instead, I have a checkpoint software that does the job of a firewall as well as a VPN utility. For my day to day OS, I have a firewall and do not want to have the VPN.

To make it short, I do this because I do not want to mix business and pleasure!

Makes a lot of sense. Cool. Now I can finally get some sleep