A little further thought and questions on this. Assuming I do this, what
all would you "strip" from Windows on the "radio" drive and what kind of
other stuff besides the obvious radio programs would you add. I would
think there would be no need for any type of E-mail or even a web
browser either for that matter. Virus protection? I don't really think
it's needed since the only online connections I would make while on that
system would be to DX clusters or possibly reverse beacon networks and
that type of stuff. I have an Nvidia video card and I'm pretty sure
it's drivers are shooting up my DPC's sometime. I would think the most
basic Windows generic video and audio drivers would work. The point
would be to make as lean and mean an OS as possible on the "radio" drive
just as someone would do with a stand alone Flex dedicated machine so
what type of stuff would you remove and/or add? Also, since I only have
3GB of RAM GB, there is no advantage to making the OS 64 bit is there?
I'm running 32 right now.
Thanks,
Michael, W4HIJ
On 12/4/2011 5:30 PM, Brian Lloyd wrote:
On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 2:24 PM, Michael Tondee
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
This one may be a little out there, it's a thought I've had
several times but have never asked about. I don't suppose it's
possible to do two installs of the same OS, each on separate hard
drives?
I think I did this once with different versions of Windows but
never with the same one. I have two hard drives in my PC, each
500GB and one is basically just sitting there. I always had plans
to put a system image on it but never have.
All the talk that comes up every once in awhile about creating a
lean mean stripped down machine strictly for Flex and ham radio
use has caused the following what if.......
What if I installed my Windows 7 operating system on both drives
and was able to select between which drive booted the PC? Then I
could keep all my daily use , life with the PC stuff on one drive
and all my ham stuff on the other.
Follow me? It would be like having two PC's in one box if it's
even possible. I don't want to get in to a discussion of license
agreements and how Microthief might look at it, I just want to
know if it's even a feasible idea at this point.
No reason why it shouldn't work. And since it is the same hardware, no
need for 2nd license.
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