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Yes. You need to create a Primary partition and then a secondary partition. You'll want to install your main OS on the Primary partition (Windows, Mac, Linux, Novell, ect.) and then put the other OS on the secondary partition (I typically see Linux.) Then you can choose to boot from the primary partition or the secondary partition in the BIOS. The bigger the hard-drive you have the better, and I wouldn't try it with anything less than 100 gigs.

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That's the "base" operating system. Let's say you have Windows 7, and you need Windows XP for compatibility (for instance, lots of older games no longer work with Windows 7). So you install a virtual machine using a special program such as as VMWare, and you run Windows XP in a window within Windows 7. (It can be full-screen as well.) Or perhaps you want to try out Linux. In this example, the base machine - the real, physical machine - has Windows 7; that's the host operating system, while the virtual machine has Windows XP (or Linux).Note: It is also possible, for example, for the host operating system to be Windows 7, and the virtual machine also Windows 7 - this can help you isolate different installations, and - for example - if you no longer need it, erase the entire virtual machine, which is faster, and often much cleaner, than uninstalling.


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If you would like to install it ON TOP of Windows: Install a virtual machine program (ex. Virtualbox, VMware) Install Linux inside of virtual machine Install it along side (or overwrite) Windows: Reboot computer with Linux install CD/DVD in the disk drive and follow the instructions.


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The only way you can install an operating system without a BootableUSB drive or disc like Ubuntu, is to install and run a virtual machine program. VMware has a good free one just for this. It will run on top of your primary operating system. To elaborate, its like havinganother computer run inside your computer.


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