I have a friend that want to dual boot XP Pro and XP Pro using 2 different internal hard drives. This is possible isn’t it? I would think it would be but am not completely sure.
Now the reasoning behind this. He is into recording music and just bought a new I/O device and is having trouble getting it to work correctly. I believe it is an Aardvark Pro card, but don’t quote me on this.
The problem is that he has a second sound card, internal network card, and modem, all which must be available to use but which seem to conflict with the new card.
My thought was just dual boot, disable all of the other cards except the one he wants and go from there. The card and software that goes along with it indicates that nothing else should run and the same time. I was thinking, that on a new 100 GB hard drive, with a second install of XP, he would be able to switch to that one to do his music stuff and only install what he needs. And have the original install for everyday use with everything already installed.
Is my logic flawed, or will this work? Anyone have thoughts on this? I originally thought about either a Linux install, but he doesn’t know, nor wants to learn, or a new box dedicated to sound. But this is not practical or financially feasible. Other thougths?
TIA,
Roger