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Can you install two different operating systems on the same partition?

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Can you install two different operating systems on the same partition?

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Download Virtual Box for windows, then you can run has many operating systems has you like, providing you have enough memory. you will need at least 1 gig of ram, each operating system runs off 256 megs of ram there for you could run 4 operating system at the same time. jump from one to the other, in a virtual machine, the best about running a virtual system is you can delete the operating systems a will, without messing up your system, so lets say you get a virus in XP you just open VB and delete xp from the system, If you do a dual boot system then you have to close down, reboot to get at the other operating system you can download virtualbox from here, http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads download the manual at the same time and follow the instructions for installing it and installing other free operating systems that are available from here.