2 Operating Systems ?

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Is it possible to run two separate operating system on one computer. I have
3 different hard drives and use Adobe Photo Shop 7 for my work, which uses a
ton of system resources.
When I use Photo Shop I would like no other programs running. Right now I
have to quit all my running programs and restart them when I finish.

What I was wondering is (Yes, I have a unused copy of Xp Home), is it
possible to have XP Pro on one hard drive and XP Home on the other.
Also if I am able to do this how do I start one without the other running.

Hope I made this understandable :)

Dan
 
dan said:
Is it possible to run two separate operating system on one computer. I have
3 different hard drives and use Adobe Photo Shop 7 for my work, which uses a
ton of system resources.
When I use Photo Shop I would like no other programs running. Right now I
have to quit all my running programs and restart them when I finish.

What I was wondering is (Yes, I have a unused copy of Xp Home), is it
possible to have XP Pro on one hard drive and XP Home on the other.
Also if I am able to do this how do I start one without the other running.

Hope I made this understandable :)

Dan
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Easily done. Just about everything you need to know (URLs may wrap):

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q217/2/10.ASP

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/gettingstarted/multiboot.asp


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Both of those links talk about installing two operating systems such as Xp
and 98. Can find any info on XP Pro and XP Home on the same computer.
 
dan said:
Both of those links talk about installing two operating systems such
as Xp and 98. Can find any info on XP Pro and XP Home on the same
computer.
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It's no different with XP Home and XP Professional.

But switching from one operating system to another is *much more* trouble
than "quitting all [your] running programs and restart them when [you]
finish. " Moreover XP Home and Professional are identical except that
Professional includes a few features (mostly related to security and
networking) missing from Home. You won't see any difference between the two
running PhotoShop, and I don't see any possible benefit to what you're
planning on doing.
 
My c: drive {main drive with XP Pro} has Panda Titanium anti virus and
Counter Spy which both take up a lot of the operating system. (seems to
slow my computer down) what I would like to do is set one up with no other
programs running except op system and Photo Shop. Would this be any benefit
at all ?
Ken Blake said:
Both of those links talk about installing two operating systems such
as Xp and 98. Can find any info on XP Pro and XP Home on the same
computer.
Click to expand...


It's no different with XP Home and XP Professional.

But switching from one operating system to another is *much more* trouble
than "quitting all [your] running programs and restart them when [you]
finish. " Moreover XP Home and Professional are identical except that
Professional includes a few features (mostly related to security and
networking) missing from Home. You won't see any difference between the
two running PhotoShop, and I don't see any possible benefit to what you're
planning on doing.
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If these two apps are slowing your sys, noticably, then perhaps more memory?
How much memory does your sys have?

dan said:
My c: drive {main drive with XP Pro} has Panda Titanium anti virus and
Counter Spy which both take up a lot of the operating system. (seems to
slow my computer down) what I would like to do is set one up with no other
programs running except op system and Photo Shop. Would this be any benefit
at all ?
Ken Blake said:
Both of those links talk about installing two operating systems such
as Xp and 98. Can find any info on XP Pro and XP Home on the same
computer.
Click to expand...


It's no different with XP Home and XP Professional.

But switching from one operating system to another is *much more* trouble
than "quitting all [your] running programs and restart them when [you]
finish. " Moreover XP Home and Professional are identical except that
Professional includes a few features (mostly related to security and
networking) missing from Home. You won't see any difference between the
two running PhotoShop, and I don't see any possible benefit to what you're
planning on doing.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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dan wrote:
Is it possible to run two separate operating system on one
computer. I have 3 different hard drives and use Adobe Photo Shop
7 for my work, which uses a ton of system resources.
When I use Photo Shop I would like no other programs running. Right now
I have to quit all my running programs and restart them
when I finish. What I was wondering is (Yes, I have a unused copy of Xp
Home), is
it possible to have XP Pro on one hard drive and XP Home on the
other. Also if I am able to do this how do I start one without the
other running.

Hope I made this understandable :)

Dan


Easily done. Just about everything you need to know (URLs may wrap):

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q217/2/10.ASP

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/gettingstarted/multiboot.asp


--

Bruce Chambers

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You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. - RAH
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DL said:
If these two apps are slowing your sys, noticably, then perhaps more
memory?
How much memory does your sys have?

dan said:
My c: drive {main drive with XP Pro} has Panda Titanium anti virus and
Counter Spy which both take up a lot of the operating system. (seems to
slow my computer down) what I would like to do is set one up with no other
programs running except op system and Photo Shop. Would this be any benefit
at all ?
Ken Blake said:
dan wrote:

Both of those links talk about installing two operating systems such
as Xp and 98. Can find any info on XP Pro and XP Home on the same
computer.


It's no different with XP Home and XP Professional.

But switching from one operating system to another is *much more* trouble
than "quitting all [your] running programs and restart them when [you]
finish. " Moreover XP Home and Professional are identical except that
Professional includes a few features (mostly related to security and
networking) missing from Home. You won't see any difference between the
two running PhotoShop, and I don't see any possible benefit to what you're
planning on doing.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup




dan wrote:
Is it possible to run two separate operating system on one
computer. I have 3 different hard drives and use Adobe Photo Shop
7 for my work, which uses a ton of system resources.
When I use Photo Shop I would like no other programs running. Right now
I have to quit all my running programs and restart them
when I finish. What I was wondering is (Yes, I have a unused copy of Xp
Home), is
it possible to have XP Pro on one hard drive and XP Home on the
other. Also if I am able to do this how do I start one without the
other running.

Hope I made this understandable :)

Dan


Easily done. Just about everything you need to know (URLs may wrap):

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q217/2/10.ASP

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/gettingstarted/multiboot.asp


--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:



You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. - RAH
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dan said:
My c: drive {main drive with XP Pro} has Panda Titanium anti virus and
Counter Spy which both take up a lot of the operating system. (seems
to slow my computer down) what I would like to do is set one up with
no other programs running except op system and Photo Shop. Would
this be any benefit at all ?
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You don't need two operating systems to run with nothing else running
besides Photoshop. It's a *lot* faster to shut down everything running than
to change to another operating system in a dual boot setup.


--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

Ken Blake said:
Both of those links talk about installing two operating systems such
as Xp and 98. Can find any info on XP Pro and XP Home on the same
computer.
Click to expand...


It's no different with XP Home and XP Professional.

But switching from one operating system to another is *much more*
trouble than "quitting all [your] running programs and restart them
when [you] finish. " Moreover XP Home and Professional are identical
except that Professional includes a few features (mostly related to
security and networking) missing from Home. You won't see any
difference between the two running PhotoShop, and I don't see any
possible benefit to what you're planning on doing.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup



dan wrote:
Is it possible to run two separate operating system on one
computer. I have 3 different hard drives and use Adobe Photo Shop
7 for my work, which uses a ton of system resources.
When I use Photo Shop I would like no other programs running.
Right now I have to quit all my running programs and restart them
when I finish. What I was wondering is (Yes, I have a unused copy
of Xp Home), is
it possible to have XP Pro on one hard drive and XP Home on the
other. Also if I am able to do this how do I start one without the
other running.

Hope I made this understandable :)

Dan


Easily done. Just about everything you need to know (URLs may
wrap): http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q217/2/10.ASP

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/gettingstarted/multiboot.asp


--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:



You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. - RAH
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When I use Photo Shop I would like no other programs running. Right now I
have to quit all my running programs and restart them when I finish.
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If you have multiple partitions, consider using the PhotoShop option to
assign a dedicated scratch disk. Use a portion of one of the extra
partitions for this purpose. While not required, Adobe does describe the
creation of a scratch disk as "recommended."
 
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