Linux and Windows on the Same System

Many people want to run Linux and Windows on the same system. Why? Well, you might want to do this if you have only one computer and are not ready to give up running your Windows applications until you have tried those available under Linux. Or you might just want to be able to run both Linux and Windows on the same machine.

It is perfectly reasonable to want to do this. However, you should understand before you start that this "double OS" kind of installation involves many variables, some degree of difficulty, and some danger to all the data on your system.

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This "double OS" kind of installation involves many variables, some degree of difficulty, and some danger to all the data on your system.

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