A little bit of yourself in this section. There are 3 three text graphics associated to this section; Subscribe me, Advertisements and About Me. I hope either one will suit your need. Is it possible to natively run two types of operating systems simultaneously on the same Hard drive?
What I am really asking is this,
can I take a computer with only one hard drive and boot & run two different operating systems simultaneously like win and Linux without using a virtual machine
Yes. Make two partitions. Both Windows and pretty much all Linux distros come with partitioning built into the installers. When you’re installing your second OS, which I’m assuming will be some form of Linux, you will be asked to select a partition to install the OS to. If you already have two partitions (Like C: and D:) then you can just select the one that you don’t have your first OS installed on and the second OS will be installed there. Otherwise, you can easily create a new partition.
This is for experienced users, though. I wouldn’t recommend messing around with it on your own.
Feb 25, 2010 at 09:36:59
Yes. Make two partitions. Both Windows and pretty much all Linux distros come with partitioning built into the installers. When you’re installing your second OS, which I’m assuming will be some form of Linux, you will be asked to select a partition to install the OS to. If you already have two partitions (Like C: and D:) then you can just select the one that you don’t have your first OS installed on and the second OS will be installed there. Otherwise, you can easily create a new partition.
This is for experienced users, though. I wouldn’t recommend messing around with it on your own.
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