How to run To operating systems with windows

[bart]

I hearded that you can run 2 diffrent operating systems on one machine is this true and does anybody know how to do this, its quite important

 

[office politics]

http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-3671_7-5021373-1.html

When it comes to operating systems, why limit yourself? If you're curious about the world beyond Windows, it's time to branch out of your one-OS existence and install a second operating system. You won't even need to buy a new PC to do it; instead, you should dual-boot your existing PC or notebook. Provided you have a big enough hard drive--say, 6GB or larger, which most of us have--you can easily partition your hard drive, then install a new operating system on the partition you create. So if you have a hankering to try out Linux or even a different version of Windows, read on.

 

[bart]

Thanks for the advise
do you think linex is good to play with
how to i load another operating system on my comp

 

[Dark_Sniper*]

Thanks for the advise
do you think linex is good to play with
how to i load another operating system on my comp

if you get a linux distro when you stick in the cd and its installing it will say bootloader LILO or GRUB. if you want to find a distro go to linuxiso.org or distrowatch.com to find one

 

[aniket]

u can have multiple operating systems on u r computer afterall os is nothing but the way to handel u r data and u know in real life u have many ways to do any job

 

[jono199]

Except Linux doesn't like NTFS so you can't expect the OS's to use the same data source. Unless you actually have 2 (or more) distinct tasks to perform then theres no point having more than one OS.

I use Windows for games and Linux for Work.

 

[htc]

well this is my first post here im not too brite in computing as of yet but here seems to be an excellent place to learn. i have an hp pavilion desktop that is a REAL pain to reboot with a new OS. in that there are problems with the usb drivers, i have read elsewhere. i ordered the reboot disks from hp and was wondering if i can install the OS (xp home) on this drive twice. 80gigs.

i know it seems rather ridiculous to have 2 of the same os on here but its a long story in short i want to have 2 computers with the same os that i barely understand so i can do different things on each computer at diff times.

thanks in advance for any advice

 

[Apokalipse]

this is a great place to learn about computers. I used to be fairly new to computers when I joined.
and yes, you can install an OS twice on one hard drive. just install once, then install again to a different directory.
although, there probabbly is no reason to. if you want a dual boot system, usually you'd get 2 different OS's

 

[Darybart]

Thanks for the info