Andrew
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Registered: 5th May 04
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I had 2 hard drives. What i want to do is turn each one on and off within the BIOS so i can have Windows XP and SUSE Linux on one drive and then a mess around OS on the other drive but use then seperately. However, i turn the drive off in the BIOS but Windows XP still sees both drives.
Can anyone help?
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topshot_2k
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Registered: 1st Dec 03
Location: Northampton Drives: Pug GTi-6
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if each drive has power then the OS will see them, how do you mean 'turn off' i think you can olny select which ones boot etc?
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Andrew
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Windows XP and Linux - Work Drive
Windows Vista - Mess around drive
Don't want each drive to see the other drive.
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topshot_2k
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tbh im not toattly sure but i would guess that you cant 'hide' them from each other without unplugging them, i may be wrong though.
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Andrew
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Seems that way.
Case is proper tight so not really a realistic solution.
Might end up buying a 4th computer 
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Ian
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Dual boot should enable you to choose which OS to start, although the other drive will still be visible.
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ed
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Just about all distributions of Linux come with dual boot software with them so you don't need to mess about in the BIOS at all. Or, you press F8 when booting and select which partition you want to boot off of.
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