Can I have TWO operating systems in ONE computer ?

Question

My hard disk is about 500GB and it split into two, Local Disk C and D..I've wonder if i can install Windows XP with Service Pack 2 into Local Disk C and the Windows Vista Ultimate with Service Pack 1 ?

So here's my questions ...

1. Can I install it or not ?

2. If I cannot install it, why ?

3. What operating system should i use if I cannot install it ? Windows XP or Vista ?

4. What is the worst thing that can happen using TWO operating systems in ONE computer ?

5. Will my computer become slow or faster if I use TWO Operating systems ?

Answer 1

1. Yes. u can have two op systems on one pc.Keep the drivers different.

2.u can install it comfortably.

3. U can havs xp and Vista both. But people say xp is better.

4.Nothing wrong will happen. many people have two op systems on one pc.

5.ur pc will not become slow or fast. u sd keep adequet space in both the drives and enough RAM. Go ahead and do it. No problems.  

Answer 2

If you install xp after vista, you will not be able to boot vista, it will still be there but because vista has a new bootloader that xp does not work with, the xp install writes over the boot sector on setup, so use this http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1 to fix the boot loader and then you will have xp and vista.

Answer 3

you can install vista and it will work fine if your hardware is good.

make sure you create another 100 GB partition before installing vista or if you put your programs with the OS it will make it slower.

IF you dont want to use vista then XP or Ubuntu are the best option as vista needs cracks to activate and if you dont know the ABC of a computer you will not be able to use vista

nothing can go wrong if you install 2 os in one pc  

the pc speed will be good but only it will use more disk space.

eg:- you will not be able to use one install of MS office on both os, or winzip or your drivers and some games like NFS

Answer 4

1. Yes you can.

2. N/A

3. You can, but my preferred OS is XP.

4. Nothing. One has no affect on the other.

5. No, because only one is working at a time.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

It is not that hard here is a good website that will show you how to do it provided you have XP on there first

http://apcmag.com/how_to_dualboot_vista_...

Answer 7

Yes, u can. U can use windows xp in C & vista in D. Vista is new but XP is more durable than it. If u want only look of vista then u should try out vista themes. There is no any kind of loss by using 2 os in  1 computer except space shortage.

have a nice day.

Answer 8

Im assuming that by "split into two" you mean partitioned into 2.

Answers

1. Yes, you can.

2. n/a

3. n/a

4. The worst thing that can happen is you might end up liking one operating system more than the other.

5. Vista is known to be slow but that depends on the speed of your machine, but i think it will be ok since you wont be running both systems at the same time.