2 Partitions w/ 1 Shared Dirve or Folder?

[thehustler]

Is this possible? with XP professional OS...

I am in the business testing software/hardware and need to create a dual boot scenario or two active partitions with one shared drive or space between both.

Is this possible?

Thank You,
thehustler

 

[Xemus]

There are programs that will make your life a lot easier, especially if these are in a test environment (and may need to be reinstalled every month or so).

Microsoft Virtual PC

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx

VMWare Workstation

http://www.vmware.com/products/desktop/ws_features.html

http://www.closedsocket.com

 

[vacunita]

Sure its possible depending on what OS'es you want You'll have to format the shared partition differently.

In abest case scenario, You would have 3 hard drivees. 2 for the oses, and the third for the shared area.

Supposing, you want Win98 and Xp Pro. The shared space would have to be formatted as FAT32 since Win98 cant see NTFS volumes.

If Both installations are to be Windows XP. Then the shared space can be formatted in FAT32 or NTFS. Either one will work.

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