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Questions tagged [multi-boot]

Installation or use of multiple operating systems on a single computer.

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Does dual booting split RAM between the two systems?

I would like to install Kali Linux on my computer using dual booting. My computer has 8GB of RAM. Will that RAM be separated into 4GB for Kali Linux OS and 4GB for Windows if I use dual boot?
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Partition disk for dual boot Windows XP and Windows 7 (shared documents)

I wish to dual boot Windows XP and Windows 7. I wish to have my documents available from both OSes. Do I create a single partition and it just works? 2 partitions, one for each OS? 3 partitions, one for each OS and one for the "my…
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How to multi-boot

(I am not a native English speaker, so this question could include some errors.) Hello guys. First, I would like to say to you thank you for reading or answering to this question. I am a student who is interested in computer science and Unix / Linux…
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Can NTLDR /BOOT.INI boot a seperate MS-DOS hard drive (not a partition)?

The title says it all. I have added an old DOS disk to a w2k system and I would like to have it as a boot option in boot.ini, but I can't find how to tell NTLDR. Is it possible?
Roger
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I tried a dual boot install and obliterated my OS install and my bootloader. What can I do to fix it?

Here's a short explanation of my last 12 hours: Needed to learn Ruby on Rails Attempted to do so on my machine (factory installed windows 8 dell laptop, 7720 SE) Ruby doesn't like Windows, so I figured I'd try and dual-boot Ubuntu and…
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Install multiple OS on the same machine - without a host

This should not be a duplicate, as I tried searching for this specific question and came up with nothing. Is it possible to install multiple operating systems (like Windows 7, Linux) on the same machine, but without any one of them being the host…
Andriy Drozdyuk
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Dual boot machine putting programs on a drive for both os

With a windows 7 & 10 dual boot computer, do I have to load the programs in both drives or can I load them on a different third drive. Have done one computer so far and reloaded all programs on both drive but it would be easier and less wasted…
jr53
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dual booting xp and windows 7

I have a c drive and a d drive...the only thing on my d drive is My Documents...can I move this folder and all of its contents to my c drive and format the d drive so I can install Windows 7 on it and dual boot xp from c and windows 7 from d drive?
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Dual Boot Windows 7 and 10

I don't see that specific answer in the posts. I just purchased a new computer with Windows 10 installed. My current PC has Windows 7 installed. I would like to simply remove the HDD from my current PC and install it in the new PC so that I can boot…
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windows version through linux

How to find which windows(XP/VISTA/7) is installed in a dual(windows+linux) boot system through linux? boot.ini is only present in XP. Vista and Windows 7 contain a file name winload.exe in boot partition. how to exactly find the correct…
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How to stop grub menu from coming up everytime

I'm on a thinkpad x220, dual booting windows 7 and ubuntu 16.04. When I close my laptop or even hibernate, the next time I open my laptop, it boots into the grub menu. I have a ssd and it is sorta fast, but this still takes a lot more time. Is there…
Kdrumz
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MacBook Pro- retinal display, OSX 10.11.1- Can dual boot OSX 10.5.8?

Have new 2015 MacBook Pro, running ElCapitan, any chance I can partition and run old OSX 10.5.8? Or create Virtual Machine to run it? Several Graphics apps not upgradable to El Capitan. Have received conflicting info on this from other sources.
painter
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How to triple boot xp, vista, and mandriva linux?

Possible Duplicate: How to install Ubuntu, Windows XP and Windows 7 from scratch as triple-boot system How to triple boot xp, vista, and mandriva linux? I've heard of someone do this but it failed , and it made the hard disk unbootable.
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What is the absolute maximum number of OSs that can be multibooted from one boot menu?

Just in general, how many could I do so with and how many would I be able to do so and have full installations on a 240gb ssd?
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How to Triple boot

I have already dual boot on different HDD now I want install triple boot . On both HDD has Windows 7 I want install Ubuntu 14.04 LTS if I choose Install alongside Windows 7 then other OS Windows 7 will unused?
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