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I don't want to reboot every time I want to do something different. I've tried to dualboot Windows and Linux from time to time, but I end up never doing it bec

I don't want to reboot every time I want to do something different. I've tried to dualboot Windows and Linux from time to time, but I end up never doing it because rebooting is a hassle. I can't imagine rebooting just to watch a DVD on my laptop.

endtime 16y ago
Did you RTFA? It's not talking about dual booting, it's talking about booting multiple OSes (the general purpose one and also specialized ones) at once and then switching between them very quickly.
mathias_10gen 16y ago
I think I've finally found the "holy grail" of dual booting. My laptop now has Windows and Linux on different partitions, and either one can run in a VirtualBox inside of the other. That way, no matter which OS I booted too, I still have access to everything in the other.
- greyfade 16y ago
  How did you do that? Last time I tried, it left Windows nearly unbootable.
  - mathias_10gen 16y ago
    Take a look at http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=33356 http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=33356 (win7) or http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=9697 http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=9697 (winxp). Protip: never use VirtualBox's "save machine state and close" feature if you plan to dual boot like this. Its too easy to forget and boot to that OS directly next time...