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How to DUAL BOOT with... 2 Win7 OS's & 2 SSD's ???

Post Date: 2010-08-14

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  Quote Memento Mori Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Topic: How to DUAL BOOT with... 2 Win7 OS's & 2 SSD's ???
    Posted: 14 Aug 2010 at 6:12pm
Hey guys, I need some assistance!

My DS Desktop is arriving sometime next week and I urgently need to get it ready for Dual Booting OS's. But, I'm a complete newbie about Boot Screens and Boot Loaders etc... So can someone please provide me with some helpful Guides or advice and recommendations on how to go by doing this? 


MY SETUP...

A) My Main Setup would consist of OWC SSD for 1st Windows 7 OS that would have all my main software and applications.
B) My Secondary Setup would have INTEL SSD for 2nd Windows 7 OS ((can it be an IDENTICAL CLONED OS w/same license key btw?)) that would be designated only for Games/Steam etc...


MY QUESTIONS...

Question 1) I've looked on Google for a week and can't seem to find any clear instructions/guides on how to Dual Boot between 2 separate SSD's with their own, separate Windows 7 OS's.

Question 2) Also, what Program(s) to purchase (if needed) and use as an OS Chooser/Dual-Boot Loader?

Idea MY MAIN REASON FOR WANTING TO DO THIS...

I'm fairly new to PC Gaming in general and I recently went on Amazon Reviews and Steam Website to hopefully purchase my first PC game(s) which was gonna be Crysis/Warhead/MassEffect2...

Evil But then I read a bunch of awful and horrible stuff concerning DRM (SecuROM) "rootkit/malware" in those games and that they apparently would Disable/Corrupt my software such as... AnyDVD-HD, DVDFab, PowerISO, ArcSoft TMT, VLC/MPC-HC, and HandBrake, and even my Acronis True-Image!!!

Question So is this even a good or necessary idea that I thought up? Simply separating the OS'es for just Games <&> Everything Else?

Question What do you guys do in such a case if a Steam Game, for instance, has a layered DRM like SecuROM on top of Steam DRM?

Question How can I avoid dealing with all this possible security risks and software corruption or possible slowdowns with my New DS Rig due to this draconian SeruROM DRM???

I'm sure I'm not the only one who is interested and curious on how can we, good paying customers, avoid all the DRM software nightmares???

Upset I'd love to hear your guy's thoughts on how ya'll deal with games that have DRM/SecuROM on your own DS Rigs!!??
It was all a dream...
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  Quote Alex Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 16 Aug 2010 at 3:00am
I don't recommend doing a dual boot yourself on your new system. It's a complicated process (especially with two different drives, and OS's, etc...) you might get stuck with a system that doesn't boot up no more.

If your worried about corrupting the install, run a 'Virtual Machine' inside Windows 7 for testing. Or use a backup utility to create an image.
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