I have a Dell Inspiron as a spare that I put an SSD running WinXP for a specific program I couldn't update for use in a Win7 environment.
I took out the SSD and put back the OEM Dell HDD and wiped it clean, installed Win7 and then went to the free upgrade to Win10.
Is there an easy way to put the SSD back into the box and boot into the WinXP to use the program while still retaining the Win10 HDD? It also has to see the Hasp Sentinel key for the program to work when in WinXP.
UPDATE: Seeing the answers I'm getting I think a clarification is needed. I could be misunderstanding, as my knowledge on this subject is nil.
The reason for the WinXP usage is because the architectural program I have will only work with a hasp key and that will only be recognized working under WinXP. I couldn't afford to update the program for work in Win7 environment.
So the question is how to set the machine up to be able to run the program as designed in WinXp without making the WinXP the primary OS but making the program think it is so it will run.
I took out the SSD and put back the OEM Dell HDD and wiped it clean, installed Win7 and then went to the free upgrade to Win10.
Is there an easy way to put the SSD back into the box and boot into the WinXP to use the program while still retaining the Win10 HDD? It also has to see the Hasp Sentinel key for the program to work when in WinXP.
UPDATE: Seeing the answers I'm getting I think a clarification is needed. I could be misunderstanding, as my knowledge on this subject is nil.
The reason for the WinXP usage is because the architectural program I have will only work with a hasp key and that will only be recognized working under WinXP. I couldn't afford to update the program for work in Win7 environment.
So the question is how to set the machine up to be able to run the program as designed in WinXp without making the WinXP the primary OS but making the program think it is so it will run.