dual boot with 2 drives

[NoOp]

On 09/15/2010 12:51 AM, Norman Silverstone wrote:
> About 3 years ago I set up a computer with 2 drives, one with Ubuntu and
> the other with XP Pro and there was no problem in amending Grub so as to
> be able to choose which drive to use. That machine has now died and I
> want to do the same thing again but, as ever, Ubuntu has moved on and
> what I did back then no longer applies. I have tried to find my way
> around using Google but what I find seems to be beyond my abilities to
> do or even understand.
> 
> I have looked into using XP in a virtual window and have just wasted a
> week trying to get a piece of equipment to work which works out of the
> box on a pure XP machine.
> 
> I have a working drive with Ubuntu 9.10 and all my files and I have
> other hard drives that I can use for the XP Pro installation so, please,
> can someone tell me the best way to proceed. I accept there are
> alternatives but at least I would then have a choice.

Have a look here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot
and let us know if you still have questions afterwards.