How to get your computer Dual Booting

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  1. mpenney

    mpenney Regular member

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    I have a workstation with a dual processor and I'm not quite sure how to get it to work. Any one have a good link, guide or explanation to help me out here.

    Thanks in advance

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    LOCOENG Moderator Staff Member

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    What are you trying to dual boot i.e. which version of windows with what other OS?
     
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  3. mpenney

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    I have window xp pro and thats it.
    Can I add the same product code to the other side?











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    LOCOENG Moderator Staff Member

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    You want to dual boot XP Pro and XP Pro? The same OS?
     
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    mpenney, what do you mean "how to get it to work"?
     
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    dual processor? as in two processors or a dual core? cuz if its either of the two then it works automatically...
     
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    corret ^^^^^^^ you don't have to do anything!
     
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    Dual processors work off the bat. Nothing needed.
     
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    So what is the benefit of dual processor / dual core?
     
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    What I would like to be able to do is run a system hog in the other core to speed up the computer while the tasks are going on.
     
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    link worked for me.
     
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    Don't click on quoted links, click the originals. Afterdawn's quote system adds HTML code at the end of URLs in Quotes, so they'll turn up as 404s.
     
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  16. mpenney

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    Did not know that; thanks.

    MPenney
     
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