What happens if you have windows on two hard drives?

You can leave the OS on both of the drives, they will not interfere with each other. Question How much faster is an M.

Can you have 2 drives with Windows installed?

While most PCs have a single operating system (OS) built-in, it’s also possible to run two operating systems on one computer at the same time. The process is known as dual-booting, and it allows users to switch between operating systems depending on the tasks and programs they’re working with.

What happens if you have 2 c drives?

You can’t have multiple drives with the same letter. Windows sets the boot drive as C so which one you boot to will be C. The other get re-lettered automatically.

Can you have two hard drives with Windows 10?

You can group two or more hard drives on your Windows 10 PC to create a single large volume to store your data.

Can you have 2 drives with the same letter?

Yes Huckleberry,you can have 2 drives with the same letter, that will not be a problem. However, if you connect both drives at the same time by accident, Windows will automatically assign a different drive letter to one of the drives . . . Power to the Developer!

Can you have two hard drives plugged in?

In a desktop you can have as many hard drives as can be physically connected to the motherboard. 6 or 8 ports is common, some ports will be faster than others, and are usually coloured to indicate this.

Can you rename an external hard drive?

If you open Computer Management, go to Storage -> Disk Management, right-click (or press-and-hold) the drive that you want to rename, and choose Properties. No matter how you got to the Properties window of the drive that you want to rename, type the new name in the General tab and press OK or Apply.

How many hard drives can one computer have?

From operating system perspective there are no limitation on how many drives you can attach. In Windows you can have up to 26 drives mapped to a drive letter and some users are very close to this limit: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4652545/windows-what-happens-if-i-finish-drive-letters-they-are-26.