Duelbooting a OS

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Duelbooting a OS
Tweet Topic Started: Mar 12 2011, 07:37 AM (304 Views)
Matt	Mar 12 2011, 07:37 AM Post #1
Kick, Punch, It's all in the mind Posts: 2,532 Group: Legendary Member #55 Joined: January 3, 2007	Has anyone here ever duelbooted? Want I basically want to do is have 1 Windows 7 install for internet 1 Windows 7 install for games I can do Homepremium/Ultimate installs Also is it possible to have certain files/installs accessable on both installs?



Kerr Avon	Mar 13 2011, 06:21 PM Post #2
Senior Member Posts: 560 Group: Senior Members Member #52 Joined: December 13, 2006	Why do you need the same OS twice? Did you mean to type something different, like Windows 7 for the 'net, and XP for games? Anyway, you can dual boot operating systems, with some limitations, but I've never heard of anyone dual booting the same operating system twice or more. What OSs do you have in mind, what do you want to do with them, and what games or other programs do you Want to run? For example, if your PC is fast, then you'll be OK with just Windows 7 on there, as it runs almost every Windows game and application fine, and the things you can't run (DOS stuff, mainly) you can use in DOSBox, as your machine will be fast enough to emulate a decent DOS PC. On the other hand, if your PC is slower, then DOSBox might not be fast enough for any DOS games that you want to use (I'm not saying that you want to play DOS games, I'm just using this as an example), and so to use them on your PC you'll need either a native operating system (DOS, or Windows 95/98 (choose 98 over 95 any day!)), or if you're lucky you can get them working in XP with VDMSound. It all depends on the your PC and what programs you want to run. Please give us more details and we'll do what we can to help. PCs are a git to get right sometimes, but when they work they can be great. Edited by Kerr Avon, Mar 13 2011, 06:25 PM.



Matt	Mar 13 2011, 06:32 PM Post #3
Kick, Punch, It's all in the mind Posts: 2,532 Group: Legendary Member #55 Joined: January 3, 2007	I haven't finished specs yet But I was thinking One Windows 7 Ultimate install for Work/Internet and social programs (Like Messenger etc) then another home premium install just for games, That way I don't have to worry about leaving programs running and some anticheats kicking me for a program running in the background



Kerr Avon	Mar 20 2011, 04:49 PM Post #4
Senior Member Posts: 560 Group: Senior Members Member #52 Joined: December 13, 2006	>I haven't finished specs yet >But I was thinking >One Windows 7 Ultimate install for Work/Internet and social programs (Like Messenger etc) then another home premium install just for games, That way I don't have to worry about leaving programs running and some anticheats kicking me for a program running in the background Sorry, I didn't know you'd replied (I've not been on the 'net much recently). I can't advise you, I'm afraid, in dual booting the same OS twice, but even if it is possible, it does seem overkill, why not just install Windows 7 once, and use multiple user accounts. Say one called "Gamer" for games, and one called ""Serious use" for the other things? Won't that do what you want? Anyway, let us know what you decide, and how you get on. It's interesting to learn what is possible with PCs.



Matt	Mar 21 2011, 03:47 AM Post #5
Kick, Punch, It's all in the mind Posts: 2,532 Group: Legendary Member #55 Joined: January 3, 2007	Ah, I thought that using different editions (Ultimate and Home Premium) would count as a different OS, I guess I'll just wait and see when the time comes. I was just thinking about anti cheats a little bit, Since I don't want any false positives (Punkbuster I'm looking at you)



dagoss	Jul 28 2011, 07:16 PM Post #6
Smarty Pants Posts: 2,884 Group: Senior Members Member #29 Joined: September 20, 2006	Using different accounts makes a lot more sense. Well, usually Linux for your "serious" computing makes a lot more sense to me, but that's neither here nor there.


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