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<blockquote data-quote="steptoe" data-source="post: 344661" data-attributes="member: 7"><p>how many OS's ?</p><p></p><p>do you need any data on them?</p><p></p><p>XP 'needs' at least 20 GB to run reasonably,</p><p></p><p>UBUNTU will run happily on 5 ,!</p><p></p><p>I run 5 different linux and XP from a 80G drive, but, NO data on any of them, worth mentioning,</p><p></p><p>Ive run quite a lot of different OS from one drive, the biggest hurdle Ive ever met is that of trying to get 2 different windoze OS to stop overwriting each other on install,</p><p></p><p>windoze simply wants to use the whole disc, or any partition that is FAT, or it thinks it can write to,</p><p></p><p>this has happened in XP , VISTA, 7 &amp; 8</p><p></p><p>I eventually gave up trying to get more than one windoze on one disc, even though GRUB {linux bootloader, could see them, only ever the last installed windoze was not corrupt}it could prob be done if you knew what you were doing,</p><p></p><p>I didnt/ still dont,,,,,,</p><p></p><p>I'd be inclined to go with the multiple discs, and chose which one to use on boot,</p><p></p><p>put GRUB on a boot partition of the ONLY bootable disc, then use this to pick what disc to boot,</p><p></p><p> :C </p><p></p><p>dunno, but it might work.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>that are a nightmare needing obscure drivers in windoze,,,,,,,</p><p></p><p>usually.</p><p></p><p>probably easily available with crapple if the bank account allows,,,,,,,,,,,</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="steptoe, post: 344661, member: 7"] how many OS's ? do you need any data on them? XP 'needs' at least 20 GB to run reasonably, UBUNTU will run happily on 5 ,! I run 5 different linux and XP from a 80G drive, but, NO data on any of them, worth mentioning, Ive run quite a lot of different OS from one drive, the biggest hurdle Ive ever met is that of trying to get 2 different windoze OS to stop overwriting each other on install, windoze simply wants to use the whole disc, or any partition that is FAT, or it thinks it can write to, this has happened in XP , VISTA, 7 & 8 I eventually gave up trying to get more than one windoze on one disc, even though GRUB {linux bootloader, could see them, only ever the last installed windoze was not corrupt}it could prob be done if you knew what you were doing, I didnt/ still dont,,,,,, I'd be inclined to go with the multiple discs, and chose which one to use on boot, put GRUB on a boot partition of the ONLY bootable disc, then use this to pick what disc to boot, :C dunno, but it might work. that are a nightmare needing obscure drivers in windoze,,,,,,, usually. probably easily available with crapple if the bank account allows,,,,,,,,,,, [/QUOTE]
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