multiple operating systems

If it was me but this is me Windows 7 would be the main booting system since it supersedes XP and I would run XP from within Windows 7 virtually and any other operating system your going to run.

jimjo16 said:

hi how many operating systems can i run. at present i have windows 7 ultimate 32 bit running on my d/partition its 200gb in size. i also have windows xp sp3 home edition on c/drive.i also have E/partition on my pc its 220gb in size. my pc is capable of running windows 7 ultimate 64bit. i have 3GB memory [ram] my pc has amd sempron[tm]processor 3000 plus 1.8ghz. ive heard of a free program called VMware does anyone else have multiple operating systems running on there desktop pcs thank you

Hello Jimjo.


I can't remember right now how many can actually be booted from the HDD, I've had as many as seven different installs at one time though the Windows boot manager will only list 6 at a time, one of these was an attached bootable virtual HDD.

A virtual machine is much easier to use but if you are curious, have a go, you'll never know if you never try. .

Create a Windows 7 VHD at Boot to Start with from Boot

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Man BareFoot that's a lot of operating systems. lol

seth500 said:

Man BareFoot that's a lot of operating systems. lol

Hello mate, yeah it's a lot of work too but I enjoyed the experience and am glad I did it.

jimjo16 said:

hi whs thanks for reply is virtual box a freeware program is there tutorials on this program

Yes there are quite a few on the web. I had made one long time ago which may tell you about the basics. You can download the PDF from here (do not get confused by the title - it is more generic): https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=475a0...CA6D4035%21237