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would it be possible to be able to install multiple operating systems onto one hard drive? ie, using one partition for vista, one for XP and maybe one for linux?? if so... has anyone got a link to a good website that has some info about this i can read up on?? (i just want to read up on it, not actually do it yet, i want to be confident that i can do it and do some standard troubleshooting before i even attempt it)

Hell yeah! It's really quite easy, especially if you install the OSes in this order: XP, Vista, Linux. When installing the Linux bootloader, select GRUB, and it should auto-configure.

Edit: Also, . There'll be thousands of hits, and most if not all the top 10 will be good.

i tried googling it... lol, the first ten seemed crap to me so i thought id see if anyone has a link to a page with some decent info... i'll go search harder

EDIT: if anyone wants to know, i want to have Windows XP, then vista, then preferably Ubuntu...

btw, will i be able to share files between the different OS's??

insert cd into your drive, boot from it... XP will ask you to: 1. create new partition 2. install into previous partition 3. other operations like formating and other stuff...linux and vista... dont know about them...

well, i have XP already installed... im not too sure about the other OS' though, im downloading the ISO's as we speak... but im not too sure how im gonna install them

ISOS? burn them on cd with nero, install like i said. create new partition and install. use a partition manager, maybe you'll find one in google... i'll search a bit

EDIT: maybe this one can help you...

ooo... nice... it even links to a nice tutorial as well thankies.... hmm... so does anyone know if can share files somehow between the operating systems??

burn them on cd

isnt there a way to share files between OS's keeping them on the HD??? i don't fancy burning every single file i want to share onto a CD...

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Originally posted by Methos2


ooo... nice... it even links to a nice tutorial as well  thankies.... hmm... so does anyone know if can share files somehow between the operating systems??

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Well, in Vista you will only be able to see the Windows and Vista partition and in Linux you'll only be able to see the Windows and Vista partitions if they're in NTFS. (Please correct me if I'm wrong)