That's how a lot of us do it. Actually, I have Windows on one partition on 1st HDD, a 2nd 120G partition on same
drive(photos and media), and Mandrake on 2nd 40G HDD. But
I've done it like you want (since you have already partitioned and installed Windows). Just be sure to put the MBR on head of 1st HDD(Windows). Or, to put it another way, just accept the default when installing Linux. Good luck. chuck
Hello,
I have 2 HDDs in my PC. The first has XP and all my files. The 2nd is unused.
My plan is to install Linux on the 2nd HDD and switch between the 2 using the boot sequence in the BIOS. Logical? Is there a better way?
Thanks, Tom

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