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Originally Posted by Mr. Mike
I have winblows XP on my PC. Is it ok to install a different OS but on a separate drive? I want to try it out before byuing another PC or reformating this one.
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Yes - it's very possible
Don't try to simply install the new OS on another drive - it will break windows completely.
You can do dual-boot with other windows or even linux OS, or, run a virtual OS software progam that lets you run multiple OS's at the same time.
I like VMWare the best:
www.vmware.com
With VMWare, you can have virtual NIC cards so you can browse the web, run a website, etc, without adding extra physical network cards to your box. VMWare really does it all.
A bunch of dual-boot links:
http://windows.about.com/cs/dualboot/