Members GeorgeStorm Posted July 26, 2016 Members Share Posted July 26, 2016 Hi, As above, I'm wondering what the potential downsides of multiple OS installs on different partitions on a single drive are in comparison to having multiple drives? Since you don't need that much space for each OS when benching (as far as I'm aware) Splitting a 120gb SSD into a couple of partitions with different OS installs seems like a sensible idea? Any input would be appreciated. Thanks, George Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_Alberino Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 I always used three OS per HDD/SSD without problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GeorgeStorm Posted July 27, 2016 Author Members Share Posted July 27, 2016 I always used three OS per HDD/SSD without problem. Even if you'd had a corrupted/slightly dodgy OS from lots of crashes etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalRacer Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Been running multiple OS's on HDD for years and if one went south it had no impact on the others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_Alberino Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Even if you'd had a corrupted/slightly dodgy OS from lots of crashes etc? Yeah, they didn't cause problems to the others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phobosq Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Side note - with XP there is a limit in a boot menu, it can display only 10 OS, even though you have more entries in boot.ini. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GeorgeStorm Posted July 28, 2016 Author Members Share Posted July 28, 2016 Been running multiple OS's on HDD for years and if one went south it had no impact on the others. Yeah, they didn't cause problems to the others. Great thanks Side note - with XP there is a limit in a boot menu, it can display only 10 OS, even though you have more entries in boot.ini. Thanks for the info, should be a problem though as I only intend on having a 2-3 on a drive I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel89 Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 I use two OS in my hard disk... I never faced any problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crew Leeghoofd Posted January 29, 2017 Crew Share Posted January 29, 2017 I never had good luck though with Vista on a multiple OS SSD... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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