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12-27-2008, 10:19 PM
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is it possible to...
this may be a dumb question but.... i was wondering if it was possible to have 2 diff operating systems on 1 computer, if say i had 2 different hard drives hooked up could i have xp on 1 and vista on the other?
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12-27-2008, 10:50 PM
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Yes, it's possible.
It's called dual boot. There are several guides and threads that discuss this issue.
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12-27-2008, 11:24 PM
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If you want you can have a dual boot with windows and Linux. I have Windows XP and Ubuntu 8.10 on my computer with one hard drive.
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12-28-2008, 12:00 AM
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12-28-2008, 06:42 AM
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12-28-2008, 08:29 AM
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You can have more than 2 as well, as far as I know it is unlimited (or as many as the bootloader will allow).
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12-29-2008, 10:48 PM
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wow thats awsome thanks, illl be sure to look into it i need to get a hard drive to, would it be best to run the same kinds of hard drives or is mismatching ok? thanks again i cant wait to have xp and vista!
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12-29-2008, 11:48 PM
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It doesn't matter what kind of hard drive, the boot loader doesn't care the hard drive just has to work.
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12-30-2008, 10:30 AM
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I have both my os's on the same hard drive. They just need their own partition.
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02-07-2009, 08:42 PM
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after vista install vista would boot only becuz i had boot order cd rom then hard drive in the Bios boot order options, with vista cd iin ofcourse(and no dual boot options) but as soon as i switched boot order to Harddrive then cd rom it only would boot xp with no dual boot options aswell. the only OS that doesnt hav drivers and updates yet is vista 64bit, could that be why there is no dual boot or is it something else?hanks hope som1 can help t Last edited by BawllaStyles; 02-07-2009 at 08:49 PM. |
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02-08-2009, 07:42 AM
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02-10-2009, 05:18 AM
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i have found i good way to boot both operating sytems works fine just need a little fine tuning with internet connections,
All i do is change harddrive order in bios------>boot------>Harddrives Works like a charm allthough 2 options on start up would be much better. |
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