can this be done?

[garytmib]

i just purchased a new hard drive and would like to set up two drives both running xp. is there a way to switch between drives and operating systems without rebooting to the drive you want to use. the reason i would like to be able to do this is i have young children using my computer and would like to have my own personal area to be unaffected by their games, random clicking and downloading.
thanks,
garytmib

 

[SnapIT]

No, not to switch between them, to start another OS ontop of the current you can use VmWare but it's really not useful for gaming...

You could always create restricted user accounts and lock the directories you don't want them to use...

 

[kursplat]

switching between users in XP works fine for me. if you account has a password on it then even with your programs running the kids won't be able to get in to mess with em'.
good luck

 

[garytmib]

thanks for the help