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Having two operating system on one PC
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Hi,
I have a Dell PC and currently pre-installed Vista Basic. I also wanted to install Windoes XP on the same machine. Is it possible to do that? how?
I just dont want to remove Vista while installing XP.
Thanks
MS
I have a Dell PC and currently pre-installed Vista Basic. I also wanted to install Windoes XP on the same machine. Is it possible to do that? how?
I just dont want to remove Vista while installing XP.
Thanks
MS
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you can have more than one operating system on a computer.......known as dual boot....
http://www.syschat.com/dual-boot-vista-xp-vista-already-1946.html0 -
you can have more than one operating system on a computer.......known as dual boot....
http://www.syschat.com/dual-boot-vista-xp-vista-already-1946.html
Link doesn't work for me.
Try
http://apcmag.com/the_definitive_dualbooting_guide_linux_vista_and_xp_stepbystep.htmMove along, nothing to see.0 -
Northern Ireland club member No 382 :j0
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out of interest why do you want to do this , they both have ie8 and wmp 11 after all ,0
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