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XP Pro & XP Home dual boot question
Name: Andrew Date: April 20, 2002 at 08:54:24 Pacific
Comment:
Hi, I want to dual boot XP Home (as a DAW) & XP Pro (for work stuff, internet etc). Is it possible to keep the two compleatly seperate (as i used to with two copys of Win98) and boot with Bootmagic (or whatever). The reason i want XP home and XP Pro is because i find Home better for DAW as i don't need most of the stuff Pro offers and i would like to use Pro as i use it at work and could do with learning a fair bit about it. Any help would be appreciated as Pro isn't cheap and i don't want waste my money.
Name: Paul H Date: April 20, 2002 at 14:28:01 Pacific
Reply:
Yes you can dual boot PRO alonng with the home edition. Put them into seperate partitions. All files will be kept seperate unless you choose to combine them.
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Response Number 2
Name: Andrew Date: April 21, 2002 at 07:08:16 Pacific
Reply:
Thanks, Can i do with out the MS Boot Loader?
Andrew
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Response Number 3
Name: Paul H Date: April 21, 2002 at 11:23:12 Pacific
Reply:
During the install XP Pro will make a boot loader file but you can use a third party's if you'd prefer.
Summary: To my knowledge PM will permit partitioning of the Hard Drive at any time: both b4 and after installation of XP. To do a dual boot after installation of XP, you will need to purchase 3rd party product...
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