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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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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Originally posted by Johny
and in Linux you'll only be able to see the Windows and Vista partitions if they're in NTFS.

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hmm... what if i create a partition just for file storage?? so then i could keep my universal important files there and seperate the specific OS files accordingly... would that work?

yeah... create partition: eg."Important files", copy everything you want to that partition and you will be able to browse this partition and files in your other OS

EDIT: its what i did to save all the installers of my apps i need when i have to do a format c:, i always have my needed apps on my hdd and dont need to redownload them

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isnt there a way to share files between OS's keeping them on the HD?

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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)

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Originally posted by raceprouk
Yes: create a FAT32 partition. That should be readable by all OSes.

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

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i thought you couldn't create a partition without loosing all your data if you already had one because i'd like to install mac osx and ubuntu on my pc

but yeah its possible to create another partition and not loose any of my current data?????

There are some programs that can resize partitions without destroying data. Partition Magic is one such program, but I'm not sure if it's free. You could also look at gparted, which is available on a Live CD.