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StarmanT   03-19-2008 at 07:10:03 PM

Hello everyone!

I have a basic question about dual booting Win XP and Vista 64.

If I have a Matrix Raid 0 with 2 partitions (one for XP and one for Vista 64), and I have a Matrix RAID 10 for everything else - Is there any problem with the two OS's sharing programs/data in the RAID 10? Or do you have to have programs loaded seperately for each OS? For instance - where would I load MS Word - presumeably in RAID 10, but does it matter if I install it while running XP, instead of VISTA (or vice versa)? Can the two OS's share the program or, for example, the data in Microsoft Outlook?

Can I load games in the RAID 10 and boot from either XP or Vista, and still play the game with either operating system? I am concerned that there might be problems with programs being altered by XP, and then when I boot with Vista - the program not working correctly.

Thanks in advance

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StarmanT   03-19-2008 at 09:15:01 PM
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I guess what I really want to know is this. Can two OS's share files from a third storage area?

thanks

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Scotteq   03-19-2008 at 09:40:32 PM
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The short answer is : Programs installed on one OS cannot be run on the other. But they can access data.

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