How to choose between two harddrives on system startup?

I enjoy a 200Gb HD with window installed and a 500GB HD with linux. I love linux near the exception of its lack of support for zune and games. I don't want to use a virtual contraption because I can't afford the windows OS (the 200GB HD is not surrounded by the computer folder in Ubuntu). Is in attendance anyway I can set up a screen at startup that will allow me to choose which HD to boot? Or, is within anyway I can run windows sour of my 200GB HD in Ubuntu? (I'm running feisty).

Answer:
Go to this website and see if this help you.
http://apcmag.com/dualboot
I did it with my Windows XP and SimplyMepis. You enjoy to configure your root/grub/menu.lst file. Mine at the bottom of this folder reads:

title Windows XP Pro at hda1
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
In the BIOS settings you can choose the boot priority of your drives, perceptibly this is a bit tedious. There's also dual booting. In Ubuntu you might want to look at a program call WINE, which is a windows emulator for Linux. I presume Unbuntu is a tad slow to emulate and run Windows programs; not everything works though. Good luck.
yep ;-)..your HD should read then both so long as window is the main drive

e_kroh
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