lurkswithin
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I use "BootIt NG" as a multi boot manager which will allow you to boot to as many OS as you want and to as many different partitions that you want to set up. I have 3 HDD with 5 seperate OS and all are bootable within their own right. With this set up if any drive fails then I can boot to any other drive and then repair the failed drive or remove it without having to repair the boot files as you would have to do using XP boot manager. What happens here is that a multiboot file is installed on the "lead In" of a drive and this hides all the master boot records of all the drives except the one that you are booting to. So in reallity all drives will boot as "C" drive and the others have named volumns along with letter designations. This way it is simple to know which drive is which. It works great and for almost 3 years now, I have never had an issue with it.
$35(us) but has a 30 day free (full) trial. Just be sure to read the "Read First" file as it has a rule about what partition manager you need to use for over 4 partitions. It also comes with some other great utillities, partition manager, back-up tool, ISO burner which I use regularly.
Check this option out over the xp boot manager before you get carried away.
$35(us) but has a 30 day free (full) trial. Just be sure to read the "Read First" file as it has a rule about what partition manager you need to use for over 4 partitions. It also comes with some other great utillities, partition manager, back-up tool, ISO burner which I use regularly.
Check this option out over the xp boot manager before you get carried away.