🌟How to install Two Operating Systems on Two physical Drives, on a Desktop Computer or Laptop
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- Опубликовано: 5 авг 2023
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Today we will learn how to install two different operating systems on two physical drives connected to a desktop computer or laptop.
I will do this with Windows 11 and Windows 10. You can also use this guide to repeat my steps from the video and install some other operating system, such as Ubuntu Linux, Windows 11 and so on.
And if you have important data on your D drive, I will show you how to install a second operating system on the data drive and not lose personal files that are on this drive.
This is not difficult at all, follow me, repeat all the steps from the video and you will succeed!
🕗 Time codes:
1:18 How to find out the partition style of a disk
2:45 How to download and install Minitool Partition Wizard 10 and convert disk
4:40 How to prepare disk D with data for installing a second OS
5:47 How to create a bootable Windows 10 USB flash drive
8:49 How to open the Boot Menu and boot a PC from a USB flash drive
9:32 Install Windows 10
13:14 Completion of Windows 10 Installation
➡️ Link to Download Minitool Partition Wizard 10:
minitool-partition-recovery.e...
➡️ Windows 10 download link:
www.microsoft.com/en-us/softw...
Thank you very much🙂
This video is so to the point and easy to follow. I like a video that doesn't have annoying music and overdone visual effects that are only good to distract the viewer. This is exactly what I needed and after surfing RUclips I finally found how to have two operating systems on one computer. My second HHD has all the backpacked-up information of files and Windows 10 system files, but I didn't know how to start the Windows 10 system separately from the Windows 11 drive. The main reason for doing this is that I have some great program applications on the old drive that can't run on Windows 11. Thank you ipMalik.
And thank you for the great comment!
i watched a lot of videos for dual boot but this was the only one that was helpful
Ok!
Agree 100%
man this is one of the best How too videos I have ever watched on RUclips Thanks
Ok!
You don’t need mini tool to convert from mbr to gpt. You can go to command prompt , type disk part in command prompt then, you can type list disk. After you typed list disk, you can select the disk by doing select disk 1, or whatever number is at the end. After you selected the disk, type convert gpt. If you need to clean the disk you can just simply type clean
Sir this is very helpful for me after seeing this i have dual boot in my laptop. Thank you for this video sir
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@@ipMalikSir, What if windows 10 is out of support?
@@cyogeshkc7682 Sorry, but I didn't understand your question..
After all, support for Windows 10 will end in 2025.
Or did you say about your Windows 10?
How does this problem manifest itself? please tell me more details.
Great Video. A quick query, did we need to install Graphics card drivers such as Nvidia Geforce Rtx again on the secondary OS. In your case Windows 10. Thanks
very well explain. 👍
I only have one sata anymore since I can't find it, is it okay to change it while I was on that OS?
I installed a “custom” windows10 on a second nvme, with a partition of 110gb, and want to keep using this os instead of using the default windows on c:(first nvme).. any way I can move the files from the second nvme over to the first nvme, while removing the default windows and having the drive boot the custom os ?
I was updating and got stuck... Please help me... Is there anyway to reach out to you???
thank you sir for teaching
Ok!
Thanks❤❤
Thanks for sharing , one q pls : if one operating system (one drive) infected by a virus or malware , did this affect the other operating system in the other drive ?
A virus program is active only after starting the OS where the virus itself is located.
The second OS is not running at this time, so the virus cannot penetrate the disabled OS.
Hey Thanks for this great tutorial! I have Windows 11 on one SSD and Linux Mint on the other but I have to switch between them in the BIOS everytime. Any idea on how I can get an OS selection menu?
@bjorn9595 I'm Finding The Same , Have You Got Any Solution Till now ?
you will have to install an alternate boot loader / boot manager like Grub2Win for example
Great tutorial
Ok!
First I just want to say thanks for the helpful video and taking the time to help so many people in the comments.
When it comes to security, is there any major improvement by having a separate Boot and Recovery partition for each drive? Or should they be on the same one? I say this because it's hard to remove my NVME's from my PC (heatsink and under big bulky gpu) and want 2 completely separate environments for another person in my house to use. Think of it as 2 user profiles, but upgraded. Do you think, for this situation, it would be better to have separate, or combined partitions for Boot and Recovery?
To be completely safe when using two operating systems on two different physical disks, you must install the OS on the first disk while disabling the second disk, then install the OS on the second disk while disabling the first disk.
Then you will boot disks not using the bootloader, but using the Boot Menu, this is the most reliable and safe way to use different OSes on different Physical disks.
Yes, it’s difficult to physically remove NVME, but maybe you can do it once when you install the OS on another disk?
Or you can try to disable NVME in the BIOS, my BIOS does not have such a function, most likely it depends on the motherboard model, but in my BIOS you can disable all SATA drives without problems, and without having to pull out the cables from the drives, you can do this in the BIOS not difficult at all.
Thank you for sharing this video with us.
Quick question : Can i install 2 OS on the same Physical Drive
say i have i physical drive of 512 Gb with 3 partitions
1st partition is where i installed Win 11
the 2nd is where i store my personal data
and the 3rd this where i wanna install the new OS (11 or 10)
Is that possible, or i need i new hard drive, just like you?
Yes, It is possible
great video. 1 need to add a windows xp partition from a cd are there any particular problems?
Installing Windows XP on a modern PC is the problem...
Hello.
I have 3 SSD and in each of them I installed win11. But I want them to be intependent from each other for security reasons. When I login to disk C I dont want to see or have access on other disks. Any advice on how I can do that?
go to create and manage disk partition in windows right click on other window's C drive change letter to none ... it will not show in that windows .. do it in each windows
Hi. Can Windows xp home be installed on a modern laptop with Windows 10 as the existing OS using this same procedure?
Hi, to install XP on a modern computer you need certain programming skills.
ruclips.net/user/results?search_query=install+XP+on+a+modern+PC
WOW . Excellent and helpful video. Thanks a lot dear Malik . You're really a great man . Hope more of videos from you. Thanks again .
Prof.Dr. Kamal Mahmoud
Faculty of Engineering
Alexandra University
Egypt
Well, I'm glad I could help you 🙂
i already installed two drive one ssd and one hdd, with both install windows 7, one for professional use and one off for my child, now how can i get the windows switch option, because both drive windows install time gap approx six month.
You can boot any of these discs using the Boot Menu.
Immediately after turning on the computer or after restarting it, you need to press a certain keyboard key and, after opening the Boot Menu, select the required disk.
Is it possible to get username and password of skype using command prompt?
is it applicable for windows and linux? willl dual boot option show?
Yes, sure!
Does it work for any other version of Windows? If I want to install Windows 7 just for fun, will it dual boot?
Yes, Windows 7 can be installed in the same way.
The only thing is that there may be problems with the hardware when installing Windows 7, because it is already a rather old program..
can we have both MS os as well as cromeos?
You can install different OS on different partitions
Im stuck at Windows set up
Where do you want to install windows?
Warning message "We couldnt find any drives. To get a storage driver click Load driver.
I clicked it, i could browse but i could find any drives.
What can i do?
There are several reasons for this problem, try to find the one that suits you:
ruclips.net/user/results?search_query=A+required+media+driver+was+not+found+during+Windows+installation
when i try to pick where i install windows i can see any of my drives and some one help
Tell us about your problem in more detail, after which step the problem arose and please indicate the time of viewing when the problem, time code.
For example 02:30
And I will try to help you.
is it necessary to have two physical drives?
or a partitioned ssd will also work?
Sorry for not answering you for a long time, I was in places outside of civilization without the Internet😊
It is not necessary to install two OS on two different physical disks, here is a way to split one disk and install two OS on it:
@@ipMalik is this a joke
@@Your_Aphrodite430 Ok!
is it possible on hp laptop cori3?
Yes, of course - if the laptop has two physical disks.
lets say i want to remove now the second os how do i do that?
This is easy to do:
On disk 1, open This PC, find the second disk with Windows that you want to remove, right-click on this disk and select “Format”.
after you do this can you go back and clean the old hard drive c and use it as a regular storage space or do you have to delete the partition i am afraid that deleting the partition might affect the rest of my data
To install Windows on a second physical disk, and then format the first disk and use it as data storage, do the following:
1. Prepare a bootable USB flash drive to install new Windows on the second disk.
2. Turn off the computer, unplug the power cable or SATA cable from the first drive, and connect the second drive to the computer.
3. Install new Windows on the second disk.
4. Turn off the computer and connect the SATA cable or power cable to the first drive.
5. Turn on the computer and immediately call up the boot menu, select the second disk and press Enter.
Now you can transfer the necessary files from the first disk to the second disk, then format the first disk and this will not affect Windows on the second disk.
@@ipMalik thnx for fast response but i dont want want to format the second disk only the old c partition where windows 10 is installed and i dont want to affect my 2 other partitions this drive is in a laptop and also HDD not SDD if it makes a difference do i have to remove it before installing windows 11 on my new m.2 nvme if i keep it will it affect my d and e partitions ?
@@cenation7mjc Installing a new Windows on a new disk will not affect partitions D and E in any way, pay attention to the disk selection window, the time stamp in my video is 10:11, in this window you need to indicate exactly which disk or partition you will install the new Windows on.
@@ipMalik so i tried and my system was MBR and the instalation it said cannot be installed to this disk on EFI system, windows can only br installed to GPT disks
Adding more i formation to clarify
I tried converting the new SSD to GPT now it said it cant be installed on GPT but allowing me to select the old MBR which i didnt try since i dont want
I also made a 300gb partion on the SSD to backup important data both times i tried to install
Now i think i have one of 3 solutions
1 change the main HHD to GPT idk how safe this is for my data
2 open the laptop again and disconnect my hard drive and install the windows on the solo SSD GPT but i dont know if this will mess with the MBR drive when i put it back (i didnt want to remove it in the first place )
3 delete all partitions on the GPT SSD ? I heard this helps but idk if they mean all partitions from all drives
dude i have windowns 11 home, i need to install windows 10 pro ... can i install it and keep my product key for windowns 11 home??
I think I have an thing that can upgrade your Windows to pro, also do you want windows 10 pro or windows 11? And do you have another computer/laptop?
Hello.
I have 3 disks and in 2 of them I installed win 10. But I want them to be intependent from each other. When I login to disk C I dont want to see or have access on other disks. Any advice on how I can do that?
If two Windows are installed on two physical disks, you will always see the other disk when opening This PC.
Perhaps I didn't understand your question..
You can disconnect the SATA cable from the second drive, you can also disable the second drive in the BIOS and then when you open This PC you will not see the drive with the second Windows and you will not have access to it.
@@ipMalik Thanks i did not know i can disable disks in BIOS
@@modra1222 Ok!
ruclips.net/user/results?search_query=how+to+disable+a+disk+in+BIOS
What if in both disks there is windows 10. Can it work?
I don't understand why you need to install Windows 10 on two disks...
They will work without problems
in my laptop there are SSD & HDD both how can I install win 11 on HDD?
Os is installed on ssd
DELL 5590 i5 8th generation
please guide
Sorry for not answering you for a long time, I was in places outside of civilization without the Internet😊
You asked a strange question, because this video shows the answer step by step for you, follow the steps from the video and you will succeed.
@@ipMalik
how was your journey, hope you enjoyed it well,
Really this video is very simple and easy but, with my lack of knowledge questions everywhere...
#when i tried to find my hard drive partition scheme it shows nothing
they both are in NTFS,
ssd and hdd (what eve to do now? please guide
windows 10 pro installed
@@AbuAyesha-y1f So, now you don't need to look for what partition scheme is on your disks, and first you need to download a small free application from Microsoft to check your laptop for compatibility with Windows 11.
Click on this link:
support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/how-to-use-the-pc-health-check-app-9c8abd9b-03ba-4e67-81ef-36f37caa7844
download the application to check the laptop and install it on the laptop.
After installing the application, run it, and in the window that opens you will see whether you can install Windows 11 or not.
If the application shows that there are no restrictions for your laptop, then you need to make a bootable USB flash drive Windows 11, how to make this flash drive is shown in my video, the only thing is, you need to open the download page not Windows 10, but Windows 11 at this link:
www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11
all other actions are exactly the same as in my video.
If the application shows that your laptop is not compatible with Windows 11, then you can bypass the restrictions and install Windows 11 on the laptop in another way:
ruclips.net/video/KUr07rhkxb8/видео.html
How to install Windows 11 specifically on HDD, watch my actions in my video, I made this video in real time, carefully repeat my actions and you will succeed!
@@ipMalik
THANKS ALOT MAN,
LOVE YOU THE WAY YOU REPLIED
LAPTOP IS COMPACABLE WITH WINDOWS 11
ill try to do as you show
thanks again for reply💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗
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@@AbuAyesha-y1f Ok😊💕
& how can i triple boot this OSes: linux, windows,mac?
I believe you can just repeat the steps, but i'm not sure tho
So every time you start one windows, it changes drive letters?
Is it possible to make drive letters permanent for both windows?
I mean, I have my projects disk and I want it to have the same drive letter in both windows, so I'll be sure paths to files are the same
If you change the drive letter that already contains Windows or applications, the applications may have problems starting or finding the drive.
To avoid problems, I recommend not changing the drive letter of a drive that already contains Windows and applications.
Try setting the path in each Windows project to the drive letters that Windows sees.
@@ipMalikMy situation may be like this:
I have three physical drives: C, D and E
So currently windows is installed in C and projects files in D.
I want to install another windows 10 in E
But I want my projects files always to be in a drive with letter D, I don't want it to be another letter when starting with the other windows in E
How to ensure drive with projects files will have same letter?
@ Now I understand your question.
Before installing Windows 10 on drive E, you need to turn off the computer and disconnect the SATA cables from drive C and drive D, or you can disable these drives in the BIOS.
After installing Windows 10, reconnect drive D, and it will be detected as drive D.
After that, turn off the computer and connect drive C.
Then turn on the computer, load Windows 10 and now drive C will be detected as drive E.
If I explained something unclearly, ask me and I will answer.
@@ipMalik Crystal clear, 👍
@ OK😊
Plus, I recommend periodically saving disk images from different OSes using Acronis, and storing these images just in case - I do this all the time.
This is convenient, useful in case of various failures in the OS and safe:
ruclips.net/video/7QRLddgH3fg/видео.html
I am trying to install two instances of Windows 11 on the same computer. Unfortunatelly, when I am installing the new system, I am loosing the access to the already existing one, as bootloader is replaced. How can I install two W11 systems and keep both bootable?
Yes, when installing a second Windows you will get this problem and this happens because the new Windows “sees” the first OS. But there is a way to get around this problem and to do this you need to do the following:
1. Before installing Windows number 1, disconnect the SATA cables from all other drives of your computer, and of course, before disconnecting and connecting the SATA cable to the drives, you must turn off the computer every time. If there are other drives connected to your computer for storing data, then they should all be disconnected until you install both Windows on two drives.
2. After installing Windows number 1, disconnect the SATA cable from the drive with Windows number 1 and connect the drive on which you will install Windows number two.
3. After installing Windows 2 on the second disk, turn off the computer again and now you can connect SATA cables to all disks. When you finish all this, turn on the computer and enter the BIOS, open the Boot tab and in boot priority put in first place the disk with Windows that you will use most. Press F10 and save changes. The computer will reboot and Windows will automatically be loaded, which you set first in the BIOS as a boot priority.
4. To boot your computer with Windows number 2, you need to turn on or restart the computer and immediately call the Boot Menu, in this menu you can select the Windows you need.
@@ipMalik Hi. Thanks for the quick response. Unfortunately, the issue I have here could be more complex. I am trying to install these system son M.2 (NVME) drives, which makes disconnecting them much more awkward. I have tried installing both systems with both drives in, and it didn't work. After that, I removed one drive and installed the second system again, but I couldn't load it up after inserting the drive with the first system. I have installed the first system again, with the second one still connected to the PC, and it worked??? I am still trying to understand why Windows decided to see both bootloaders this time. It is a mystery which I may never solve :D Anyway, thank you for your help :)
@@jamjestrysiek Hi.
Yes, Windows sometimes gives us riddles🙂
Of course, connecting and disconnecting NVME is much more difficult than HDD or SSD, but if you do as I suggested in the previous comment, then in the future you will NEVER have problems with the Windows bootloader.
I assume that when installing the OS on two different physical disks, the problem with the Windows boot loader occurs for the following reason:
At the time of installing Windows number 1, the bootloader can install Windows on drive C on the first NVME drive, and the bootloader sends a small system partition or some element of Windows number 1 that supports the operation of the OS to drive 2 NVME.
When you start installing Windows number 2 on the second NVME disk, the bootloader formats the second disk and deletes the small system partition that belongs to Windows number 1.
As a result, Windows number 1 stops working..
After that, you again install Windows number one on the first disk, and if its small system partition ends up on the second disk, Windows 1 will work without problems.
But if you reinstall Windows number 2, or some problem happens to Windows number 2, then Windows number 1 will stop loading again.
On the computer where I do most of my work, two SSDs are connected and different Windows are installed on each disk, which I installed independently of each other in the same way as I told you in the previous comment.
I do the main work in Windows 11 on disk 1, on the second disk I constantly reinstall various OSes, which is necessary for my activities, and before each installation I disconnect all other disks from the computer so that there are no problems with the bootloader.
@@Ji-James So, does it mean tnat if I will lose the system which was installed as the second, I will also loose ability to log to both of systems?
@@jamjestrysiek This will depend on the reason why the second OS is lost - if you simply reinstall the second system or format the second disk, then the bootloader that supports loading the first OS may be deleted along with the files on the second disk.
I will also add that this fact may not necessarily happen, that is, not 100%, but it may well happen depending on how the OS was initially installed and which OS was installed as number 1 in Boot Priority.
Something like this has already happened on your computer when you lost access to one of the OS.
Only disconnecting all disks from the computer except the one on which you will install Windows will protect against this kind of problem.
Moreover, the disconnection does not have to be physical, that is, disconnecting the SATA cable or, in your case, disconnecting the NVME from the motherboard; you can also disconnect one of the drives in the BIOS before installing the OS and not remove the NVME from the computer.
After installation in the BIOS, disconnect the disk with the new OS and connect a second disk to install the second OS.
I hope that now I have told you everything in detail.
how do i do this for linux
It's not difficult to do:
ruclips.net/video/zB2fKghMyfA/видео.html
Doesn't work on a 2nd drive if that drive is connected by a USB cable.
To install Windows on an external drive, you need a completely different method:
ruclips.net/video/P3CgiibnTrw/видео.html
damn bruh it wouldn’t let me use an external SSD
Oh yeah, forgot to mentioned that my DELL e7440 Win10 Pro & DELL e5570 Win10 Home :【This PC doesn't currently meet the minimum system requirement to run Win 11】
DELL e7440 Win10 : i7, 16GB, with TPM 1.2 。。。 can update 。。。 update 。。。 update 。。。after running Win 11 👍👍
DELL e5570 Win10 : i7, 16GB, with TPM 1.2 。。。 can update 。。。 update 。。。 update 。。。after running Win 11 👍👍
I think so, system MUST HAVE at least 【TPM 1.2 Security】 regardless of how old the PC or Laptop for Win 11 ! 【check Device Manager】 to see if you have TPM shown up.
To install Windows 11 on an unsupported computer or laptop, two methods work fine:
ruclips.net/video/s-8Fr5TRoiM/видео.html
Or this method, it's much simpler:
ruclips.net/video/DLk7D4lIKHQ/видео.html
All tree of my drives is on gpt what now?
You gave too little information and I did not understand your question..
Please tell me in more detail what you want to know.
Can i do the same for windows 11 and xp?
Yes, sure!
But if your computer supports Windows 11 and XP
@@ipMalik Hello, can I have two systems of the same version? Let's say two 11s? Thank you.
@@h0nza_ Hello,
yes, of course you can.
Any 2 or even 3 operating systems installed on different disks will work independently of each other without problems.
@@ipMalik Thank you! I know it was a stupid question, but better be sure :D
@@h0nza_ Your question wasn't stupid, it's the question of a careful person☝
Yeah, that doesn't work. Clicking properties doesn't list "volume" at least on W11 Pro
“How to install Two Operating Systems on Two physical Drives, on Laptops ”。。。。。。 This was what I did to my DELL e7440 Win10 Pro & DELL e5570 Win10 Home.
Instead of upgrading, I prefer to keep the Win10 on the existing SSD incase something happen. I spent a small amount of money asking the shop to make a NEW installation of Win11 on a NEW SSD or mSATA SSD depending on the internal space for the NEW SSD. So NOW I have 2 SSDs and 2 Windows on the SAME laptop. I can choose to boot to W10 or W11 by passing the F12 key and to select the drive I want. As for old data, that could slowly copy n paste to the NEW drive 。。。👍👍👍👍👍👍👍I am happen with it !
Yes, method. which used for your laptop also works great!
You put the easiest last😅
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is this safe? i want to do this but quite worried my other windows will be broken
Do you want to do this on a laptop or a desktop computer?
@@ipMalik laptop sir, i was planning to buy an ssd +caddy and replacing my dvd slot with it
Its supposed to be just for backup but im thinking why not installing windows 10 on it too. (My current os is windows 7)
@@Hyde_Tolut I understood you.
If you connect the SSD yourself, then apparently it will not be difficult for you to do the following:
1. Before connecting the second drive, make a bootable USB flash drive for Windows 10
2. Connect the SSD to the laptop and disconnect the drive with Windows 7; to do this, you can remove the SATA cable or power cable from the drive with Windows 7.
3. Connect a bootable USB flash drive to the laptop and install Windows 10 on the SSD; installing a new Windows 10 in this way will not affect the disk with Windows 7 in any way.
4. After this, you can reconnect the cable that you disconnected earlier to the Windows 7 drive.
5. Immediately after turning on the laptop, enter the BIOS, and in the Boot section, set the boot priority to the first disk that will be your main one.
6. You can also choose which Windows to boot using the Boot Menu, that is, after turning on the laptop, you need to call up the Boot Menu, select the required disk and press Enter.
This method of installing two OSes on two physical disks is the safest for saving data on both disks.
@@ipMalik ah, i was reading something similar in some forum about needing to disconect the main disk before installing, but im not quite sure how or why, i will try this when i get the new disk
thanks a lot for the help sir, thank you for your time, appreciate it a lot.
@@Hyde_Tolut If you install Windows 10 on the second disk, you need to disconnect the first disk so that later the two Windows can work independently of each other.
Then any problem on one of the Windows will not affect the other Windows.
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How can you have that android-like, relaxing, no-gender, professional, not emotional but still warm and reassuring voice? It's driving me nuts...
I'm sorry, but I have to use a robotic voice for the only reason - I just have bad diction...
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@@nca6724 😊
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bros getting windows 110
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just because you said computer or laptop, ima not watch this
I don’t know what exactly caused your reluctance to watch this video, but I can say in advance that when I said “computer”, I meant a desktop computer, which includes a separate system unit, a separate monitor and a separate mouse😊
Makes me sick that you'd use WINDOWS for one of them..... TRASH.... but the process I need to clarify a few things..
It's not that serious
Take a shower nerd
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