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Windows Secrets - Dual booting tips
There's some interesting tips on making the most of dual booting over at Windows Secrets.
I'll have a moment of pride by highlighting the fact I was triple booting on my notebook (I believe the record I've seen is around 9). The problem is that it gets difficult fitting everything in on a smaller hard disk. Desktop computer are less prone to this because 3.5" disks are cheaper and bigger.
Scott Dunn suggests installing applications into the same folder for both Vista and XP to avoid duplicating the files. The installation wizard has to be run on both to include all the Registry information.
It sounds like a good idea, and one I'll be intrigued to try. It'll be interesting to see how Windows Updates copes with Office.
One tip I've done several times in the past is to have a separate partition for files; I found that Vista and XP were not always happy accessing the others Documents folders. Ironically it was Vista that complained about not having access rights. XP just opened the folder. Or you could use a network share.
There's always some compromise involved but dual booting is as close as getting the best of both worlds as possible.
Posted by Tim Smith on March 14, 2008 | Permalink
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