Dual boot Vista and XP with Vista installed first

Pirate Bill · 02-25-2009, 09:11 AM

Instead of dual boot, have you looked into virtualization? The user can continue to use Vista as the main OS, but instead of going through the trouble of rebooting to use another OS for one program he can just open a virtual machine.

VMware has a free client and is easy to use. You can get pre-built virtual machines here. (Even though it's "linux box" you can install any OS.)

Virtual Box is another good free alternative and doesn't require the use of a pre-built virtual machine.

Betty · 02-25-2009, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Pirate Bill

Instead of dual boot, have you looked into virtualization? The user can continue to use Vista as the main OS, but instead of going through the trouble of rebooting to use another OS for one program he can just open a virtual machine.

VMware has a free client and is easy to use. You can get pre-built virtual machines here. (Even though it's "linux box" you can install any OS.)

Virtual Box is another good free alternative and doesn't require the use of a pre-built virtual machine.

Hmmm - interesting. I'll have to look into that. Not something I have any experience in - but I'm a quick learner.

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Pirate Bill Quality since 1973 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Right here Posts: 473	Instead of dual boot, have you looked into virtualization? The user can continue to use Vista as the main OS, but instead of going through the trouble of rebooting to use another OS for one program he can just open a virtual machine. VMware has a free client and is easy to use. You can get pre-built virtual machines here. (Even though it's "linux box" you can install any OS.) Virtual Box is another good free alternative and doesn't require the use of a pre-built virtual machine.
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