Comments on: window operating systems – dual booting http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/window-operating-system/ Sun, 19 May 2013 03:14:28 +0000 hourly 1 By: owenambrose http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/window-operating-system/#comment-72370 owenambrose Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:58:43 +0000 #comment-72370 This website will give you the information you need on running XP and 7 together.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/

Install Windows 7, download XP mode and you can then run a virtual XP machine ontop of your 7 machine, with the ability to switch between the two.

]]> By: darkstar911 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/window-operating-system/#comment-72073 darkstar911 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:40:59 +0000 #comment-72073 if you are running windows 7 you can download the xp virtual machine for free. xp mode in windows 7. you can probably find the link from google on microsoft’s website

]]> By: jinteik http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/window-operating-system/#comment-72065 jinteik Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:30:18 +0000 #comment-72065 there is no way you can have both running..you need vm..

]]> By: tomliotta http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/window-operating-system/#comment-71938 tomliotta Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:04:10 +0000 #comment-71938 The question contradicts itself. Essentially, switching to a different operating system is the equivalent of restarting. Starting an operating system is what happens when a system is restarted.

The virtualization suggestion is appropriate, but it gets around the question by having two “virtual” systems that you can switch between. As far as the two operating systems are concerned, they’re running on two separate systems.

Tom

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