What to do or is it right to install the four operating system in a series like as It is given below ?

Question

Is it right and ok to install the four operating system in my 80 GB herd disk drive in a series like that:
c :/ Windows XP Home 32 bit edition
d:/ Windows XP professional x64 bit edition
e:/Windows XP Professionale x64 bit edition
f:/ Windows XP Home 32 bit edition
All the local disks as c:/ ,d:/ ,e:/ and f:/ having the 12 GB capacity each.
please guide me about this concern .





Which is the better Allocation Unit Size to format the local disk "D" to instal the windows XP x64 bit proff.?
Which is the better Allocation Unit Size to format the local disk "D" to instal the windows XP x64 bit proff.?
to format the local disc D to install the windows XP x64 Bit professional edition OS.
there are four types of Allocation Units Size for NTFS file system [ Having size of 13 GB capacity for the local disk D ]
which one is better for installation of the windows xpx64 bit professional edition OS installation.

512 Byte
1024 Byte
2048 Byte
4069 Byte
Please guide me about this concern

Answer 1

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On a simple note, I have never seen a quad boot of 4 OS's on a hard drive. I know you can do a dual boot, and it doesnt really matter which of them you install first.

I will say this though, there have been complications with Vista if you install it as a dual boot on a drive with a letter other than C:.

As default windows usually looks to C: as the main drive, so some operating systems have trouble when searching for things or go corrupt because they cant handle being installed on drive F:

I would do a dual boot, and with windows xp, you should be fine.

Answer 2

Sounds wrong (too complicated) to me.

Let Windows deal with all hard disk issues. You only have to install in this EXACT sequence (assuming your CPU is 64 bit) to dual-boot:

1. c :/ Windows XP Home 32 bit edition
2. d:/ Windows XP professional x64 bit edition

If not, skip # 2.

TIP: Use the Windows defaults for:

Allocation Units Size for NTFS file system.

Do a Windows XP Home "Clean Install" on C:. For further instructions, go to:

Repeat for XP Pro on D:.

Answer 3

Well yes you can do it that way if you like. However you are not leaving much space on each partition for installing or saving data. Any programs would need to be installed for each version of Windows thus taking up the available space. It is not recommended to do it this way. If you HAVE to install allof them then you need a LARGE hard drive.