Make Dual boot

[Fred]

I am currently running XP Pro.
I have an application for which I need to run different versions but I
cannot run the two versions together on the same OS.
How can I installed another copy of XP Pro on the same machine and have the
machine prompt me at start up to select which one I want.

Thanks,
Fred

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

One way is create a second partition and install as usual. The installer
will ask you if you want to make a multiboot screen. You must boot into one
XP or the other and to switch you must reboot. You must have a separate
license for each installation of XP.

The other way is to use Virtual PC 2004. That will permit you to run any
flavor of Windows without rebooting or partitioning. You can run as many
virtual machines at a time as memory permits and can switch between them and
the host system simply by moving the mouse onto the desired desktop. You
can network them and use drag and drop, cut and paste, and share folders
between them.

See: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx
You can download a 45-day trial version. You need a separate license for
each Windows system you set up, just as you do in a multiboot setup.

 

[Fred]

Hi Colin,

thanks for that information.
Can you confirm that I actually require a second license to run the same
version of XP Pro on the same machine in a multiboot case were only one can
be operating at any one time.

Thanks,
Fred

One way is create a second partition and install as usual. The installer
will ask you if you want to make a multiboot screen. You must boot into
one XP or the other and to switch you must reboot. You must have a
separate license for each installation of XP.

The other way is to use Virtual PC 2004. That will permit you to run any
flavor of Windows without rebooting or partitioning. You can run as many
virtual machines at a time as memory permits and can switch between them
and the host system simply by moving the mouse onto the desired desktop.
You can network them and use drag and drop, cut and paste, and share
folders between them.

See: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx
You can download a 45-day trial version. You need a separate license for
each Windows system you set up, just as you do in a multiboot setup.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)

I am currently running XP Pro.
I have an application for which I need to run different versions but I
cannot run the two versions together on the same OS.
How can I installed another copy of XP Pro on the same machine and have
the machine prompt me at start up to select which one I want.

Thanks,
Fred

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

A license is required for each copy of XP that is installed, whether or not
it is running, and regardless of the fact that only one will we be running
at any given time. Period.

While you are exploring ideas, take a look at Virtual PC. I have run
hundreds of different operating systems on my XP Pro desktop without
partitioning or rebooting. Of course it depends on the application you want
to run, but the trial version makes it easy to test. Of course you must
have 384mb or above to do it.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)

Hi Colin,

thanks for that information.
Can you confirm that I actually require a second license to run the same
version of XP Pro on the same machine in a multiboot case were only one
can be operating at any one time.

Thanks,
Fred

One way is create a second partition and install as usual. The installer
will ask you if you want to make a multiboot screen. You must boot into
one XP or the other and to switch you must reboot. You must have a
separate license for each installation of XP.

The other way is to use Virtual PC 2004. That will permit you to run any
flavor of Windows without rebooting or partitioning. You can run as many
virtual machines at a time as memory permits and can switch between them
and the host system simply by moving the mouse onto the desired desktop.
You can network them and use drag and drop, cut and paste, and share
folders between them.

See: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx
You can download a 45-day trial version. You need a separate license for
each Windows system you set up, just as you do in a multiboot setup.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)

I am currently running XP Pro.
I have an application for which I need to run different versions but I
cannot run the two versions together on the same OS.
How can I installed another copy of XP Pro on the same machine and have
the machine prompt me at start up to select which one I want.

Thanks,
Fred

 

[Dorian Gray.]

How Greedy can Microsoft be ????????????
Two licenses for one machine???
Take a tip and switch to linux.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

You would need two licenses for two instances of Linux as well, even if they
are GPL. You would still agree to the license twice.

 

[Admiral Q]

So you have a license for those "hundreds" of operating systems, as it
doesn't matter whether they run on a physical PC or virtual PC, or whether
they running at all, just loaded in the virtual file system, they all have
to be properly licensed ;-)

--
Star Fleet Admiral Q @ your service!
"Google is your Friend!"
www.google.com

***********************************************

A license is required for each copy of XP that is installed, whether or not
it is running, and regardless of the fact that only one will we be running
at any given time. Period.

While you are exploring ideas, take a look at Virtual PC. I have run
hundreds of different operating systems on my XP Pro desktop without
partitioning or rebooting. Of course it depends on the application you want
to run, but the trial version makes it easy to test. Of course you must
have 384mb or above to do it.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)

Hi Colin,

thanks for that information.
Can you confirm that I actually require a second license to run the same
version of XP Pro on the same machine in a multiboot case were only one
can be operating at any one time.

Thanks,
Fred

One way is create a second partition and install as usual. The installer
will ask you if you want to make a multiboot screen. You must boot into
one XP or the other and to switch you must reboot. You must have a
separate license for each installation of XP.

The other way is to use Virtual PC 2004. That will permit you to run any
flavor of Windows without rebooting or partitioning. You can run as many
virtual machines at a time as memory permits and can switch between them
and the host system simply by moving the mouse onto the desired desktop.
You can network them and use drag and drop, cut and paste, and share
folders between them.

See: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx
You can download a 45-day trial version. You need a separate license for
each Windows system you set up, just as you do in a multiboot setup.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)
I am currently running XP Pro.
I have an application for which I need to run different versions but I
cannot run the two versions together on the same OS.
How can I installed another copy of XP Pro on the same machine and have
the machine prompt me at start up to select which one I want.

Thanks,
Fred

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

As a matter of fact I do. I have retail copies of all flavors of Windows
back to when God was a freshman. As for the hundreds of Linux licenses,
they are all GPL anyway except for the copies of Linspire, and Sun JDS 1 and
2, for which I paid $50 apiece. Some, like ME and NT4 I bought on eBay very
cheaply. Others I already owned (dead computers for which I bought Win95,
98, 98SE). I run five retail copies of XP Pro here at home on the household
computers (none are in duplicated as vm's) and a few other installations,
such as Windows 2003 Server licensed for testing and development on my MSDN
subscription. I take pride that the whole thing is legit. I have one OEM
cd out of the whole lot; a copy of XP Home which I refused to allow to be
installed on a box I bought from a dealer here. I never installed it on the
hardware but bought Pro instead. I used the Home cd to set up a vm. And
yes, it is a problem getting the sticker to stay on the side of a vm.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)

A license is required for each copy of XP that is installed, whether or not
it is running, and regardless of the fact that only one will we be running
at any given time. Period.

While you are exploring ideas, take a look at Virtual PC. I have run
hundreds of different operating systems on my XP Pro desktop without
partitioning or rebooting. Of course it depends on the application you
want to run, but the trial version makes it easy to test. Of course you
must have 384mb or above to do it.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)

Hi Colin,

thanks for that information.
Can you confirm that I actually require a second license to run the same
version of XP Pro on the same machine in a multiboot case were only one
can be operating at any one time.

Thanks,
Fred

One way is create a second partition and install as usual. The
installer will ask you if you want to make a multiboot screen. You must
boot into one XP or the other and to switch you must reboot. You must
have a separate license for each installation of XP.

The other way is to use Virtual PC 2004. That will permit you to run
any flavor of Windows without rebooting or partitioning. You can run as
many virtual machines at a time as memory permits and can switch between
them and the host system simply by moving the mouse onto the desired
desktop. You can network them and use drag and drop, cut and paste, and
share folders between them.

See: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx
You can download a 45-day trial version. You need a separate license
for each Windows system you set up, just as you do in a multiboot setup.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)
I am currently running XP Pro.
I have an application for which I need to run different versions but I
cannot run the two versions together on the same OS.
How can I installed another copy of XP Pro on the same machine and have
the machine prompt me at start up to select which one I want.

Thanks,
Fred

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

btw, to get an idea of just how may linuxes I have installed and run, take a
look at http://vpc.visualwin.com/ and read down the right hand column
"Submitted by" for my name. It has taken a while.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)

So you have a license for those "hundreds" of operating systems, as it
doesn't matter whether they run on a physical PC or virtual PC, or whether
they running at all, just loaded in the virtual file system, they all have
to be properly licensed ;-)

--
Star Fleet Admiral Q @ your service!
"Google is your Friend!"
www.google.com

***********************************************

A license is required for each copy of XP that is installed, whether or not
it is running, and regardless of the fact that only one will we be
running
at any given time. Period.

While you are exploring ideas, take a look at Virtual PC. I have run
hundreds of different operating systems on my XP Pro desktop without
partitioning or rebooting. Of course it depends on the application you want
to run, but the trial version makes it easy to test. Of course you must
have 384mb or above to do it.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)

Hi Colin,

thanks for that information.
Can you confirm that I actually require a second license to run the
same
version of XP Pro on the same machine in a multiboot case were only one
can be operating at any one time.

Thanks,
Fred

One way is create a second partition and install as usual. The installer
will ask you if you want to make a multiboot screen. You must boot into
one XP or the other and to switch you must reboot. You must have a
separate license for each installation of XP.

The other way is to use Virtual PC 2004. That will permit you to run any
flavor of Windows without rebooting or partitioning. You can run as many
virtual machines at a time as memory permits and can switch between them
and the host system simply by moving the mouse onto the desired desktop.
You can network them and use drag and drop, cut and paste, and share
folders between them.

See: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx
You can download a 45-day trial version. You need a separate license for
each Windows system you set up, just as you do in a multiboot setup.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)
I am currently running XP Pro.
I have an application for which I need to run different versions but
I
cannot run the two versions together on the same OS.
How can I installed another copy of XP Pro on the same machine and have
the machine prompt me at start up to select which one I want.

Thanks,
Fred

 

[Timothy Daniels]

"Fred" asked:

Can you confirm that I actually require a second license
to run the same version of XP Pro on the same machine
in a multiboot case were only one can
be operating at any one time.

Microsoft wants you to have a license for each installed
OS - even in the same machine. But if you cloned a partition
containing an OS so as to be able to boot up either partition,
no one would or could stop you because there would be no
activation required by the clone.

*TimDaniels*