Re: Dual Boot Media Center and Xp PRO

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You will need a different partition for each OS. Bad things happen if you
don't.

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"JW" <anonymous@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eSToi0saFHA.2536@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I read once that with XP you could not dual boot unless each copy of XP or
>MCE was installed in a different partition. Was I misled or did I
>misunderstand the contents of the thread where I read the restriction?
>
>
> "Michael Creasy [MSFT]" <mcreasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:eayebmsaFHA.2356@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Yes, you can dual/triple/quad/etc.. boot.
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>> "rkstaggers" <rkstaggers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:CAD65E2B-4CA3-42E9-9F96-5100A3B520B6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Does anybody know if I will be able to keep the installed version of
>>> Windows
>>> XP Media Center Vversion 2002 SP2 on an HP Media Center m270n and
>>> install
>>> Windows XP Pro version 2002 on a partition?
>>>
>>> Just thought I better ask before I start trying. I know I can do it with
>>> earlier versions of Windows, but not sure about both being XP.
>>
>>
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