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Windows 7 x64 - 16 bit games - Dual boot XP
Hi,
I'm looking for some advice on the best was to handle a need for 16bit apps with Windows 7 x64 and XP.
I'm putting together a system for my elderly parents who currently have a barebones old system running XP. They would like to run Windows 7 and want more than 4gb RAM. Trying to make them a machine that's going to last (as if that's possible).
Problem is they have some 16bit games that they love to play. So I was thinking of running XP within 7 x64.. but that's not going to work with 16bit games is it?
So am I going to have to set up a dual boot?
The system has 2 x 1TB SATA2 drives installed. So I was think I might put Windows 7 x64 on one and Window XP x86 on the other.. Reasonable?
If I do that, can the files (like movies and office stuff), be acccessed [safely] from either operating system or might there be conflicts or problems?
I would create a partition on each drive for the OS and a partition for all of the other stuff so two partitions per drive..
Would appreciate your thoughts
thanks
Tanya