I have 2 hard drives on my new build, my first one and I'm proud that it's up and running well. I'm running Windows 8.1 Pro and have found some older software that won't even install ... some that worked fine on Win 7. Can I create a bootable flash drive with Windows XP and service pack on it and install XP on my 2nd hard drive? Microsoft says you have to install the older version first, but I don't want to have to re-install 8.1. So I'm hoping that booting directly to the Win XP installation would by-pass Win 8.1 and not cause any conflict. Am I right? I sure don't want to mess up my system!
Second part of the question is how do I re-format the 2nd hard drive? Right now, Windows 8.1 is recognizing it as part of my system, so I assume it would need to be clean. Any advice would be appreciated.
Second part of the question is how do I re-format the 2nd hard drive? Right now, Windows 8.1 is recognizing it as part of my system, so I assume it would need to be clean. Any advice would be appreciated.