If the BIOS in said machine will allow you to boot from more than one disk ( many modern ones do ), by far the safest way to install a second o/s is to install it onto a second disc, leaving the primary disc untouched.
On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 1:59 PM, Roger Searle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Roy Britten wrote: >> >> <snip> >> resizing the the partition and dual-booting >> the machine would be "better" but more time-consuming and potentially >> troublesome. >> >> > > having experienced all the following at one time or another, i'd like to > add: please please please remember to back up your data before doing this, > since the risks of a potentially troublesome event occurring during such > operations (be that human error or it "just not working" for what ever > reason) are comparatively high . . . > > you might also like to test that you can restore your backed up data too > (since an invalid backup process is even less useful than no backup at all - > given you've wasted your time). Roger > > > -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell
