Dual OS

dynoman · 05-25-2007, 09:08 PM

I just bought myself a copy of Vista Home Premium and I was wondering if there is a way I can have to OS in one hard drive, maybe in seperate partions, is there anyway and is it safe, or can it damage my hardware?BTW I have XP pro now

INTELCRAZY · 05-25-2007, 10:18 PM

Yeah, I would also like to learn how to do this.

[-0MEGA-] · 05-26-2007, 05:22 AM

Yes it's possible, but you will need software to create another partition without messing up your current one.

Once you get multiple partitions set up, you can install an OS on each partition, and it will ask you which one you would like to boot from. Vista would be the default.

computerhakk · 05-26-2007, 06:56 AM

Yes, just use a partition utility. One that comes up often on this board that I recommend myself is Gparted Live.
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/

Just create a partition from your existing hdd. If you run into any problems, read their documentation for step by step process.

patrickv · 05-26-2007, 12:21 PM

why not use a virtual machine ? you can make the virtual machine use your physical disk too instead of messing around with the boot loader to dual boot

[-0MEGA-] · 05-26-2007, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by patrickv

why not use a virtual machine ? you can make the virtual machine use your physical disk too instead of messing around with the boot loader to dual boot

Because if you want to actually run games and programs with full functionality, you cant have it be a VM.

patrickv · 05-26-2007, 03:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by [-0MEGA-]

Because if you want to actually run games and programs with full functionality, you cant have it be a VM.

i know that already, i didn't know he was a gamer type of person !! since he didn't say games in his thread

[-0MEGA-] · 05-26-2007, 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by patrickv

i know that already, i didn't know he was a gamer type of person !! since he didn't say games in his thread

I'm just assuming that, but usually when someone dual-boots an OS, they have a use for the other OS

05-25-2007, 09:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
dynoman Bronze Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 55	Dual OS I just bought myself a copy of Vista Home Premium and I was wondering if there is a way I can have to OS in one hard drive, maybe in seperate partions, is there anyway and is it safe, or can it damage my hardware?BTW I have XP pro now __________________ Custom USA PC Gigabyte 965P-DS3 Intel Core 2 Duo e6600@2.4ghz Corsair XMS2 2x1024mb DDR2 675/5400 eVGA Nvidia 8800GTS 320mb OCZ GameXStream ATX12V 600W SLi Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 160GB 8MB Cache SONY Black 18X DVD+R NZXT Apollo BLACK Acer AL1917ABMD Black 19" LCD

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[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 20 Posts: 27,082	Yes it's possible, but you will need software to create another partition without messing up your current one. Once you get multiple partitions set up, you can install an OS on each partition, and it will ask you which one you would like to boot from. Vista would be the default. __________________ Desktop // Laptop Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0GHz // Core 2 Duo P8400 2.26GHz Asus Rampage Formula X48 // Intel PM45 ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 // 512MB GDDR3 9800M GTS 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2 940 // 4GB DDR3 800 750GB SATAII w/32MB // 200GB SATAII 7200RPM Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 21391 // 9179

05-26-2007, 06:56 AM	#4 (permalink)
computerhakk VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: THOJhakk county Posts: 3,635	Yes, just use a partition utility. One that comes up often on this board that I recommend myself is Gparted Live. http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ Just create a partition from your existing hdd. If you run into any problems, read their documentation for step by step process. __________________ "Remember, wrong advice may be worse than no advice at all." ::COMPUTERHAKK:::

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