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Old 05-10-2004, 09:41 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Originally posted by joebx902004
Its impossible to install windows and thne Linux and still have windows on ... Linux reformatts hard drive!
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Originally posted by hilowe
I believe it's called seperate partitions on the hard drive.

At a guess, you're probably just leaving your hard drive as a single partition, because there are many people on this forum that have dual boot machines with exactly the OS's that you're talking about.
Bingo!! hilowe is right, if you install any two operating systems on the same partition you will overwrite one or the other.

Your best bet is to A)Partition the drive into two or more partitions or B) Use another hard drive.

It is real easy to create a dual boot system, if you intsall windows first THEN Linux, the linux installer will setup the dual boot for you. Piece of cake!
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