Dual boot system help

[kjvnasa]

Hey guys,

are any of you aware of how I can boot different operating systems from different drives in 1 PC? 

I would like to make it as easy to select as possible as my gf uses my PC when I am at work and I would prefer that her stuff is not on my HDD. She tend to virus things up a bit

Anyway so what I need is this.

Everytime the PC is powered on I want it to ask what HDD or SSD to boot off.

It would be great If they could be named so it is simple to do.

 

Thanks in advance

[Ahaber]

so are you talking about having 2 separate drives, both with the same os?

[Laputacake]

Yes, What two operating system will you be wanting to boot?

[kjvnasa]

windows 7 and windows 8.1 on different drives

[kjvnasa]

May I ask how the OS i will be using is relevant to the Booting of those drives?

[k4p84]

As for Windows past XP just install the OS on different HDD or partition then when you boot it asks which OS you would like to boot into.  TBH I have never tried the same version of OS for a dual boot though 

[DacStugly]

1. Install both OS on individual HDD (Make sure only one HDD is connected for each installation)

2. Goto BIOS/UEFI select the HDD you GF frequently uses as the defaut boot HDD

3. When you want to use yours press F2/F11 or what ever the key is for you MOBO to select the boot drive and select your HDD

 

Does this help?