Seeking some guidance with an issue I'm not at all familiar with. While I am using Joe's Schaar's VDOS with DP on Win7 and Win8 machines, I find that using it for large database imports and reports is simply too slow. Dependable, yes. But also slow. Using the DOS prompt on Win7 works except for some untraceable reason I lose access to the window and have to literally exit the dos window and go back in to get access. I can't believe I'm doing myself any favors with that scenario.
So what I'm thinking of doing is taking a laptop and mounting a dual boot system on it where I could boot to a DOS prompt with no Windows involvement, do my work in DP, and then boot back into Windows to do my other work accessing the data I generate in DP which may be for spreadsheets, editing and etc. Now of course I used to do this all in DOS but the tools in Windows are now my standard. I'm asking because over the next number of months I'll be on the road a bit and have to be productive while I'm gone, I have a lot to do. My databases are fairly large so allowing the time for VDOS to accomplish it isn't really an option. So my basic question has to do with dual booting and if my concept is viable. By the way, it's been so long since I've seen a posting here that I began to wonder if I was still subscribed. I'll soon find out. Don *Don FriedmanProfessionalRecords.Com LLCPRS Data Systems* *205 S Main StreetPittsburgh, PA 15215412-784-1600 - 1-800-PRS-FILE 412-784-1615 Fax*
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