It often happens that the program or game you need does not want to run on the installed OS, and you have no desire to reinstall the operating system. What to do? The best solution would be to install two operating systems on your computer, which you can choose when you boot your PC. For inexperienced users, this solution may seem rather complicated and dangerous. It should be noted right away that with the correct actions, installing two operating systems on a computer is absolutely safe and not very difficult.
Necessary
- - Computer;
- - two operating systems;
- - download manager Acronis OS Selector.
Instructions
Step 1
The difficulty of installing two operating systems lies in the fact that all operating systems write a special loader program to the hard disk, the latter may be lost after installing an additional operating system. You should also pay attention to the Windows and Program Files folders - with inept actions, they can also be lost. Therefore, if you are a novice user, in order to prevent the negative consequences of installing two operating systems, use a special boot manager, Acronis OS Selector is recommended. It has been tested for a long time and is very reliable.
Step 2
Partition your hard drive before installing operating systems. Use a separate section for each OS, and it is desirable to allocate another section for user data. After the required number of partitions has been created, proceed with the installation.
Step 3
First, think about which OS you will be installing. For example, you will be installing Windows XP and Windows 7. Remember that an older version of the OS (in this case, Windows XP) can overwrite the bootloader with a newer one (Windows 7). Therefore, first put Windows XP on the first partition, and then on the other - Windows 7.
Step 4
After installing the required operating systems, proceed with the installation of Acronis OS Selector. It is done using the built-in setup wizard and is completely standard. After that, restart your computer - Acronis OS Selector will start instead of the usual operating system. In the main window of the program, you can see a list of operating systems available for loading.
Step 5
In order to load the required OS, you just have to select it from the list and press the Enter key.
