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How many Operating Systems Do You Boot

Poll: How many Operating Systems Do You Boot (140 member(s) have cast votes)

How many Operating Systems Do You Boot?

  1. Just the one (46 votes [32.86%])

    Percentage of vote: 32.86%

  2. 2 (41 votes [29.29%])

    Percentage of vote: 29.29%

  3. 3 (25 votes [17.86%])

    Percentage of vote: 17.86%

  4. 4 (11 votes [7.86%])

    Percentage of vote: 7.86%

  5. 5 (2 votes [1.43%])

    Percentage of vote: 1.43%

  6. 6 (3 votes [2.14%])

    Percentage of vote: 2.14%

  7. 7 (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  8. 8 (2 votes [1.43%])

    Percentage of vote: 1.43%

  9. 9 (1 votes [0.71%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.71%

  10. 10-20 (6 votes [4.29%])

    Percentage of vote: 4.29%

  11. 21-30 (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  12. 40+ (3 votes [2.14%])

    Percentage of vote: 2.14%

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#1 User is offline   awergh 

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Posted 07 September 2006 - 05:37 AM

So how many OS's do you boot and what are they?
i run 3
98se, XP Pro and Ubuntu 6.06


(yes i know that 40 is very unrealistic but there might be just one person who does boot that many)

This post has been edited by awergh: 07 September 2006 - 05:38 AM



#2 User is offline   ripken204 

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Posted 07 September 2006 - 05:41 AM

right now im booting vista and xp x64. but at other time ive had up to 5 at once...

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Posted 07 September 2006 - 07:25 AM

just the one, XP Pro, for me to messy with other OS's

tired it b4, just wound me up, but thats me. Dual booting is good for those who use it :)

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Posted 07 September 2006 - 10:45 AM

I use 4
1.- Windows 98 SE
2.- Windows XP Pro
3.- Windows Vista RC1
4.- Mandriva Linux 2007

And in the XP VMware other 5, 3 linux diferent distributions and 2 XP.
I need a life !!!

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Posted 08 September 2006 - 12:17 AM

Between my personal machines I boot roughly 10 OSs depending on the role and task. So I picked 10-20, but I doubt if I get anywhere near 20.

My faves:
Win2k
Win2k3
OpenBSD
Various flavors of Linux

#6 User is offline   Thunderbolt 2864 

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Posted 09 September 2006 - 06:40 AM

I always dual boot with two operating systems.

On the machine I'm using, its dual booting:

Windows XP Pro SP2
Windows Server 2003

On the other machine:

Windows XP Pro SP2
Windows 2000 Pro

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Posted 15 September 2006 - 06:14 AM

just one

#8 User is offline   MagicAndre1981 

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Posted 16 September 2006 - 04:54 AM

[X] just one

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Posted 25 September 2006 - 03:11 AM

I only use 1 OS at a time - Xp Media Center. When testing Vista, I just make a ghost image of xp and store it on a different partition.

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Posted 10 October 2006 - 07:40 PM

Windows XP Pro Sp2
Windows Vista RC2
Unburtu

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Posted 11 October 2006 - 09:45 AM

View Postlostincyberspace2007, on Oct 10 2006, 09:40 PM, said:

Unburtu


Ubuntu? lol :P

#12 User is offline   seanbdesign 

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  Posted 11 October 2006 - 09:49 AM

I boot Microsoft Windows XP Professional

That's All!!!!

:)

#13 User is offline   Innocent Devil 

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Posted 11 October 2006 - 12:23 PM

I cannot have more than 4 different *types* of OS becoz of the 4 primary partition limitation as i hav only one HDD :(
( why is such limitation ???, 512 byte mbr ?)

with 1 primary windows partition i boot XP, XP x64,2k3,
Vista need another primay partition otherwise (if in logical) it remap C: drive

linux dont need any primary partition if u use GRUB
so i install Ubuntu, SuSE & Fedora,debian

Then with another primary HFS+ use Mac OS X

the rest 1 primary partiton for any OS => for testing (if available -when vista installed in logical)

so total abt 8+

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  Posted 12 October 2006 - 08:22 PM

I boot 5 OS :

1. NT 4.0
2. Win 2000 Adv srv
3. Win XP Familial
4. Win 2003 R2
5. Linux Centos

#15 User is offline   pipsta 

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Posted 14 October 2006 - 02:13 PM

Just 2 will do me, Xp Pro Sp2 and ME

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Posted 05 December 2006 - 04:53 AM

Windows XP Pro SP2 at both work (IBM T42) and home (self-built rig)... 1 is enough for me! Although I have been playing with Virtual PC 2004 lately with DOS and soon Windows 3.1 if I can ever find my old diskettes. I've been working on converting some OLD but proven aviation programs.

Regards,
Dan

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Posted 05 December 2006 - 07:38 AM

2 for me

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Posted 05 December 2006 - 08:34 AM

[x] 10-20 -- Whew. too many!

Hardwired (host) OSes I run on my various machines:
Windows XP Professional SP2 RTM (32 bit)
Windows XP Professional x64
Windows Server 2003 Standard SP1 (32 bit)
FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE i386
FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE amd64
MS-DOS 6.22
DD-WRT (for my router)

OSes I run inside a VM:
*most of the above plus
Windows 2000 Professional
Windows 98 SE
Windows 95B
Various flavors of linux (at least four, change all the time)

OSes I run on boot-CDs
Windows 98 SE (just the boot portion)
DOS 6.22
DR-DOS
Knoppix 5.01
DBAN Linux
*many more I just can't remember off-hand

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Posted 05 December 2006 - 11:15 AM

Really, 10 or more? How much time do you spend on that ??? :blink:
For me, 2:
- Win98 SE
- WinXP Pro

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Posted 20 December 2006 - 02:02 PM

For you guys who boot 10+ - Do you have EFI or do you have 6+ Linux systems, which don't need a primary partition? Either way, it seems crazy :D
I have 2 - 3: it changes frequently (1-2 XP Pro, 1 Vista RC2)

This post has been edited by wfunction: 20 December 2006 - 02:02 PM


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