Isolate two programs using the same hardware

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A scientific instrument is part of a system controlled by XP. I want to use
the instrument on its own (not as part of the system), and using different
software that I will install separately.

To avoid any conflicts (in filing, registry, ..., whatever), can I install
the software with abolutely no possible connection with the first system
(i.e., almost as though it's a different PC; only by rebooting can one switch
between systems)?

Thanks.
 
hmm said:
A scientific instrument is part of a system controlled by XP. I want
to use the instrument on its own (not as part of the system), and
using different software that I will install separately.

To avoid any conflicts (in filing, registry, ..., whatever), can I
install the software with abolutely no possible connection with the
first system (i.e., almost as though it's a different PC; only by
rebooting can one switch between systems)?
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You can do this by dual-booting - and yes, you would need to reboot into
the second operating system. You might also be able to do this by
running Virtual PC or VMWare and creating a virtual machine running
whatever operating system is required by the hardware. This assumes
that the virtual hardware is compatible with whatever this scientific
instrument needs.

The nice thing about using virtualization is that you don't need to
reboot. I do see that there could be a problem if you were running the
scientific instrument on the host system at the same time you tried to
run it in the virtual machine. If you don't do this, then look into
virtualization.

Malke
 
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