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    COFFINCORNER13 Posts: 3, Reputation: 1
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    Nov 16, 2007, 08:24 PM
    Two at a time
    I'am about to purchase a dual core''Hp Pavillion9000 series', it has TV tuner, plenty of ram. But I need to know if I can run vista and xp at the same time, and do I need a separate anti - virus for each one ,one on vista @ one on xp.
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    Nov 16, 2007, 08:25 PM
    Yes but you'll have to partition your hard drive. You'll also probably need separate anti-virus for both but I could be wrong about that.
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    Nov 16, 2007, 08:29 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by charlotte234s
    Yes but you'll have to partition your hard drive. You'll also probably need separate anti-virus for both but I could be wrong about that.


    But it is a dual core system, two different operating systems running at the same time, with extra hard drive built right in...
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    Nov 16, 2007, 08:31 PM
    Oh, well they yes. Still not sure about the antivirus issue though. Probably work for both since it is set-up that way but I'm not positive.
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    Nov 16, 2007, 08:50 PM
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    She answered it just the way I thought, no one know quite yet..
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    Nov 16, 2007, 09:32 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by COFFINCORNER13
    I'am about to purchase a dual core''Hp Pavillion9000 series', it has tv tuner, plenty of ram. But i need to know if i can run vista and xp at the same time, and do i need a separate anti - virus for each one ,one on vista @ one on xp.
    No I don't think so you can make dual boot by emptying two partitions in which one contains xp and another contains vista you can have single antivirus for both. Both os is installed on your hard disk so both of them are files so if you put any antivirus in any os then it will work for both
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    Nov 17, 2007, 01:29 AM
    You CANNOT run two Operating systems at the same time on one machine without running some virtualisation software, such as VMWare.
    It is possible to have two OS installed and use them separately, in fact this is quite normal.

    My test machine runs Vista Business, XP Pro and Red Hat linux happily.
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