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Programmer 90
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Posted: 24th Jan 2004 20:30
Hey i just wanted to ask somebody does multi-booting with linux and windows slow down your system performance?
Elleomea
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Posted: 24th Jan 2004 21:06
No.

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Ian T
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Posted: 24th Jan 2004 21:54
No.

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Posted: 24th Jan 2004 21:55
No.
MikeS
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Posted: 24th Jan 2004 21:58
No.

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Scraggle
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Posted: 24th Jan 2004 22:01
No - (apparently )

Preston C
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Posted: 24th Jan 2004 22:04
Yes

err...

No


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Posted: 24th Jan 2004 22:05
no

& umm...

no
TKF15H
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Posted: 24th Jan 2004 22:09
no

but on the other hand....

no.

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Posted: 24th Jan 2004 22:11
no

and sometimes

no
Programmer 90
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Posted: 24th Jan 2004 22:16
Oh so im guessing NO?
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Posted: 24th Jan 2004 22:17
no
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Posted: 24th Jan 2004 22:46
No

WAIT!

...


No.

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Jimmy
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Posted: 24th Jan 2004 23:04
Running windows slows down system performance.
Not the boot loader.

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Posted: 24th Jan 2004 23:50
Boot times may be impaired.

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Posted: 24th Jan 2004 23:53
use XOSL. (extended os loader)
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Posted: 25th Jan 2004 00:38
Nicht

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doch.
Dave J
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Posted: 25th Jan 2004 07:32
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ReD_eYe
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Posted: 25th Jan 2004 15:54
wow, there are more correct answers here than any other thread i've ever seen


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Posted: 25th Jan 2004 19:04
lol...

Noooooo!

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oopps, I forgot...

no.
qwe
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Posted: 25th Jan 2004 21:45
okay. thanks
i have two hard drives, C and an external one
how exactly would i go about putting linux on the external one, and be able to boot from a selected drive each startup?

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