I recently moved an M.2 from my second PC to my primary PC. My primary PC already has a Windows 11 installation and so does the newly installed M.2. I would like to keep both installs and boot into the other OS whenever I want to.
The problem is, I can currently only change which OS to boot into when I am in the UEFI BIOS, which of course requires a full shutdown and going into the bios every time I want to switch. Quite annoying and time consuming.
I removed the drive letter of the other Windows 11 installation in both instances as I wanted the instances of Windows to be as isolated from each other as possible, as I would like to use one for work and one for gaming, therefore no drive sharing etc.
The Boot Tab in the Windows 11 System Configuration shows only the current OS/drive in the list.
I saw articles which show a Windows screen with each OS listed and the possibility of automatically booting into one after a set amount of time.
See: https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/how-to-create-a-dual-boot-setup-on-windows-11
Would something like this be possible to make happen with my current setup or would I have to reinstall Windows 11 on the second drive?
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