Is there a program that lets me run multiple operating systems on my PC?

Question

I have Window XP Home Edition(SP2)

Answer 1

You don't have to have any programs for that. Just make sure that you have many hard drive partitions in your computer. then install the other OS in other partition than your original OS. For example, if you originally have the OS in C, install the other in D or E or F or G or H or I ....

Answer 2

You can try a disk partioning software such as Defender Pro, but there are ton's of software utilities out there.

Your best bet would be to work with a friend who is a teckie and has experience doing this, because if you load for instance Windows on one partion and Linux on another partion you have to change jumper settings sometimes depending on your disk drive.

Then on the other hand you can elimate the worry buy simply picking up a new disk drive and disconnecting your current drive then connect the new drive, power up your system and load Linux on the new drive, and when you need to switch over to Windows you can power down and boot off of the drive with Windows.

Answer 3

Start with Partition logic and UBUNTU (or XUBUNTU if your computer has less than 256MB of RAM).

It's a free, reliable and up to date operating system.

You can explore it from the "LIVE CD".

It's easy to install and use. You can dual boot it with other operating systems.

Once you have it installed, you gain access to thousands of free programs created by the open source community. There is excellent support - see the WIKI starter guide, and the Linux forums.

Always back up your data before making changes to your computer.

Answer 4

You need a bootloader. Depending on what else you want to run, some come with a bootlader, but there are a lot of free ones.

You will also need a partition for every separate OS. Remember that windows only recognizes partitions, but linux recognizes logical drives as well. Linux will also need a swap partition, but it pretty much makes one for you when you install...good luck

Answer 5

ALL YOU NEED IS SEVERAL DRIVES(PARTITIONS) on computer to have several operating systems!!! I on my computer have only one hard drive and 3 partitions on my one hard drive in the first drive i have windows 98 Second Edition, second drive i have Windows 2000 Proffesional and in my third drive i have Windows XP Professional

Answer 6

if you dont wish to duel boot it....

you could always use 'Virtual machine' software...

which runs the 2nd OS like a program

an example is VMware....

http://vmware.rsc02.net/servlet/campaignrespondent?_ID_=vmwi.836&email=please%20enter%20a%20valid%20email&urlcode=Google_Products_Workstation&gclid=CKj915Kk_YoCFSGZEAodag1BGQ

try it it works well :)