Create Dual Boot

I have Windows XP installed on one Hard Drive and Windows 7 installed on a second Hard Drive (both are Sata Drives).

Presently I switch Operating Systems by internally switching the wires inside the case.

I would like to setup so that I am given the option of which Operating System to run when booting up.

Is there any easy way to do this?

Why are you changing wires in the case?

You can manage the Dual Boot via the BIOS boot order and one-time Boot Menu.

Set the preferred HD to boot first in BIOS setup.

Then if you want to boot the other HD, tap the F-key given on first bootup screen for Boot Menu to choose the other HD instead.

Every make computer has an F-key to choose for one-time Boot Menu. If you cannot determine which yours uses, post back the make and we will find it for you.

This BIOS-managed boot method is a cleaner way to boot because the HD's remain independent, whereas when you set up a Windows-managed Dual Boot they become interdependent and harder to remove.

I used EasyBCD beta 2.0 and ran it. I followed the instructions given in this post. I can now boot either Windows 7 or Windows XP on bootup.

Easy actually put two Windows XP as options or like this:

Windows 7
Windows XP
Windows XP

So far I have only used the top Windows XP to boot and it works fine.

Thanks guys

You can remove the stray XP listing in msconfig>Boot tab. Or on Easy Add/Remove tab.

Now that you created a Windows-managed Dual Boot, you cannot remove XP HD without recovering the System Active MBR into Win7.

This is why a BIOS-managed dual boot I described earlier is better when you have separate HD's.