Dual OS

[dynoman]

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]

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

 

[Geoff]

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]

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]

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

 

[Geoff]

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]

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

 

[Geoff]

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