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Windows XP Installation

Jun 12, 2005 5:30PM PDT

I have a Dell Dimensions 4700. Can I install and run both WindowsXP Home and WindowsXP Pro on the same computer?

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Yes
Jun 12, 2005 6:06PM PDT

You would need two harddrives or two partitions in one harddrive.

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Sorry about dagger. A newbie it appears.
Jun 12, 2005 9:19PM PDT
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Hmm...
Jun 13, 2005 2:51AM PDT

Didn't know that...

What directry would the 2nd Windows install in?

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Dagger. Your posts will be censored.
Jun 13, 2005 3:21AM PDT

The supplied link tells enough and this is not your discussion.

Bob

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There are several methods
Jun 16, 2005 10:38PM PDT

Yes, you can install both home and pro in the same PC, and also, Win98, 3.1, Win2k, DOS, Linux and other x86 OS, and it can be in the same hdd.

There are several methods to achieve that but if you want to save yourself sometime, get yourself a copy of BootITNG (http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootitng.html)

It will partition your hdd and will help you multi booting the different hdd's.

There are free boot managers also, but none of them (that I know) will partition the hdd. If you have another utility to partition the hdd (or if you want to multi boot from different hdd) then get yourself GAG 4.5d (http://gag.sourceforge.net/)

hope this helps. If not, just post again.