32-bit and 64-bit on different drives, without dual boot?

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  1. Bare Foot Kid
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    Glad it seemes you have it sorted and thanks for the update.
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  3. RJBuild
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    Hi' Hate to but in but was wondering about installing win XP Pro 32 bit and win 7 64 bit on 2 different HDD's one sata and the other IDE (the win XP one) using Brinks 2nd method in the below tutorial?
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    RJBuild
    Dual Boot Installation with Windows 7 and XP
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  4. whs
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    RJBuild said:
    Hi' Hate to but in but was wondering about installing win XP Pro 32 bit and win 7 64 bit on 2 different HDD's one sata and the other IDE (the win XP one) using Brinks 2nd method in the below tutorial?
    Thank
    RJBuild
    Dual Boot Installation with Windows 7 and XP
    Sure, that is possible. Just make 2 independent installations where you switch between the systems with the BIOS boot sequence.

    Unplug all drives except the one on which you want to install and put your XP on the IDE. Then replug everything and go to the Boot sequence from the splash screen after power-on to select from which disk you want to boot. Very simple and the safest way.

    That is not a "Dual Boot" in the traditional sense, but works a lot better and you never have to worry about messed up bootmanagers, etc.
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  6. gregrocker
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    Use the one-time BIOS Boot Menu key given on first boot screen to trigger the HD not set to boot first.
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