Is it possible to have 2 OSs on 1 Computer??

Hey there,

I was wondering if it was possible to have windows XP and windows 95 on the same computer?  I have two hard drives, XP is loaded on my master hard drive.  Is it possible to put windows 95 on the slave drive and at start up go into the set up and change which hard drive the computer boots on and therefore, run windows 95 instead of XP?  If it is, could someone please help me and tell me how to do this?  The reason I am asking is because I would like to be able to play some of the old games without having to run DOSbox on XP.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Yes it is. Right after the motherboard's logo, it will show 2 OSs. You have 30 seconds to choose which one. If not chosen, the default one is automatically chosen.namby_trojan

That is, if I have both OSs on my master hard drive, right?  Is there anyway to put windows 95 on the slave drive and have the computer boot from the slave drive??

There is an alternative. You could use Microsoft Virtual PC to have Windows 95 running as an application inside Windows XP itself.Cyborg-21

How would I be able to do this, is Virtual PC a download or something that I can get?

[QUOTE="namby_trojan"]Yes it is. Right after the motherboard's logo, it will show 2 OSs. You have 30 seconds to choose which one. If not chosen, the default one is automatically chosen.opima

That is, if I have both OSs on my master hard drive, right?  Is there anyway to put windows 95 on the slave drive and have the computer boot from the slave drive??

[QUOTE="opima"]

[QUOTE="namby_trojan"]Yes it is. Right after the motherboard's logo, it will show 2 OSs. You have 30 seconds to choose which one. If not chosen, the default one is automatically chosen.Cyborg-21

That is, if I have both OSs on my master hard drive, right?  Is there anyway to put windows 95 on the slave drive and have the computer boot from the slave drive??

okay, got it.  Didn't mean to make you repeat yourself, sorry.

[QUOTE="opima"]

[QUOTE="namby_trojan"]Yes it is. Right after the motherboard's logo, it will show 2 OSs. You have 30 seconds to choose which one. If not chosen, the default one is automatically chosen.Cyborg-21

That is, if I have both OSs on my master hard drive, right? Is there anyway to put windows 95 on the slave drive and have the computer boot from the slave drive??

[QUOTE="Cyborg-21"][QUOTE="opima"]

[QUOTE="namby_trojan"]Yes it is. Right after the motherboard's logo, it will show 2 OSs. You have 30 seconds to choose which one. If not chosen, the default one is automatically chosen.HowardB

That is, if I have both OSs on my master hard drive, right? Is there anyway to put windows 95 on the slave drive and have the computer boot from the slave drive??

[QUOTE="Cyborg-21"]There is an alternative. You could use Microsoft Virtual PC to have Windows 95 running as an application inside Windows XP itself.opima

How would I be able to do this, is Virtual PC a download or something that I can get?

Yes, Microsoft Virtual PC is a free download. You can find it on Microsoft's Download Center.

[QUOTE="namby_trojan"]Yes it is. Right after the motherboard's logo, it will show 2 OSs. You have 30 seconds to choose which one. If not chosen, the default one is automatically chosen.opima

That is, if I have both OSs on my master hard drive, right? Is there anyway to put windows 95 on the slave drive and have the computer boot from the slave drive??

[QUOTE="opima"]

[QUOTE="Cyborg-21"]There is an alternative. You could use Microsoft Virtual PC to have Windows 95 running as an application inside Windows XP itself.ldonyo

How would I be able to do this, is Virtual PC a download or something that I can get?

Yes, Microsoft Virtual PC is a free download. You can find it on Microsoft's Download Center.

thank you very much for your help, I just downloaded it.