I was just wondering if I could run 2 OS's on one computer as long as I have two hard drives.I am new to building computers and am about to build one as soon as my parts arrive.I only ordered Windows XP because Windows Vista isn't compatable with alot of games that I like,and I don't feel like spending $200 on a OS that won't work with some of the games that I like (plus I didn't have enough money on me at the time).So in a while, probably sometime in April of 08, I plan on getting another HDD and buying Vista as long as it is possible to have 2 OS's on the same system.
2007-10-23 17:53:31 · 11 answers · asked by California resident 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
you can run two OS's on the same computer,on the same harddrive if you buy a big harddrive i have 160 Gb hardrive and i have it with 4 partitions on it,so if i want i can have 4 different OS's on it so instead of having two harddrives save the extra money and go with one big one maybe 300GB.
2007-10-23 18:02:34 · answer #1 · answered by tarheelfan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yup, you can have as many OS as you want. The cool thing is that you can do it on one HDD as well. You need to partation the HDD for both of the OS. The most common format that windows supposrt is NTFS, but if you plan on mixing both OSX and Windows then use FAT32.
2007-10-23 17:58:50 · answer #2 · answered by computergenious 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you can. You can put OS as many as you want. But I think, you must give 1 Harddisk for an OS.
2007-10-23 23:03:30 · answer #3 · answered by Mad Scientist has Retired. Bye!! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know someone who is running Linux on one partition of his computer and Windows XP on the other. So yes, it is definitely possible.
2007-10-23 18:00:57 · answer #4 · answered by Sicilian Godmother 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can run but you have to install the previous versions first then the later ones
2007-10-23 18:28:22 · answer #5 · answered by archaks_2007 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, it's called dual booting. you can also use a virtual machine which runs an os inside another os.
2007-10-23 17:59:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutiely. You can install them both on the same drive, or you can buy software that will let you run both at the same time
2007-10-23 17:59:58 · answer #7 · answered by sunny-d alright! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you partition your hard drive, you can have two OSs on the same drive.
Try some of these:
http://www.google.ca/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=t&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4DACA_enCA236CA236&q=dual+boot+vista+xp
2007-10-23 17:57:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is possible. You may even be able to use them at the same time with VMWare player.
2007-10-23 17:58:00 · answer #9 · answered by treseuropean 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you can install multiple os in your hdd. just place partitions to your hdd where you will place each os.
2007-10-23 18:01:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋