XP on a separate partition on a Win 10 PC

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    Goldfynche

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    I have Win 10 installed on a 2tb SSD, separated into two partitions.
    I would like to install XP 32 sp3 on the 2nd partition. Simply to be able to continue using some favourite and otherwise redundant hardware! I currently have XP installed on a laptop. But would like to have both systems running on the main beast, if this is possible. Some words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated!
     
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    Hello! Anyone there???
     
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    All my desktops have removable drive trays. I have seperate drives with ubuntu, XP 32 Xp 64, &tc, &tc. I experiment on diff drives so as not to screw up this one right now.

    Kingwin makes a 'trayless' drive bay, just swap bare drives, "power off, of course"

    Kingwin=

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-lis...ipping?ie=UTF8&f_freeShipping=true&f_new=true

    I bought a dozen of these a few years ago, (SNT Mobile Rack), no one sells 'em any more, there are similar ones tho,=

    https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817993031

    Can one switch between os's on a drive without turning off the computer first?? I cant with these, oh well, , ,

    -c-
     
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    Yes. Thank you. That was my latest train of thought. A completely separate HDD or SDD. OK. Next stop! eBay.
     
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