How many os does Harddrive support?

Answer 1

Your question could mean two things: One as written, the other being "How many Hard Drives does an OS support?". I'll answer both questions just in case you meant the other.

An OS (Operating System) is the part of a computer that handles all the functions needed to allow a computer to operate. It provides a user interface (graphical or text based), and accepts user input/output (mouse, keyboard, monitor, printer, etc.). An OS is a collection of files installed onto a hard drive. The larger the hard drive, the more operating systems it can hold. If the hard drive is large enough, you may be able to install many operating systems. For instance: A large hard drive can hold Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and a few version of Linux/UNIX. It all depends on how large the hard drive is (is terms of capacity).

For the variation of this question, it all depends on the Operating System in question, the supporting hardware (like RAID technology), and type of storage used. Older operating systems like Windows 95/98/ME, have a maximum of physical storage they can address (support). Newer operating systems, on the other hand, can support many terabytes of information, depending on the hardware configuration.

One thing else is how you partition the hard drives. OS limits how many partition can be done on a hard drive. so you might need a additional hard drive if you plan on multi OS. virtual boxs allows multi OS on one hardrive with in a OS. just remember how big your HDD is to do this. windows i think allows four, Linux can allow more. so set up is also a major role player. PS.... Linux is be loaded first before window 7 for easier install on new systems.

No matter which variation of the question pertains to you, it all depends on a combination of hardware and software to make it work.

Multi = more than 2 operating systems