Install 2 os in the same computer

Install 2 os in the same computer

With virtual machine you can install not only two operating systems but multiple operating systems as long as your hardware can handle it. Installing multiple operating systems on one computer requires high hardware specifications because your system should be able to handle and manage different platforms at the same time.

Installing two operating systems on the computer with the same brand but different versions like Windows Millennium, Windows XP, or Windows Vista is easy. But since you want to install another operating system of a different brand like what you asked, Windows 7 and Linux, you will really need to use virtual machine to make it possible. The first thing to do is to install virtual machine. You can download free virtual machine from SourceForge | Solution Centers | Virtual Machines. Before downloading it, be sure to check if it is compatible with your present operating system. After installing it, find your way into the menus to install the second operating system.

Before installing the other operating system, make sure your computer’s hardware specification is still compatible to run the other operating system. Because whenever you want to use the programs installed on the second operating system, you need to run both operating systems at the same time. So basically, if you have Windows 7 as your primary platform [this is the operating system that boots the computer] and Linux Ubuntu as the secondary platform [the one you installed under virtual machine], each time you want to use Ubuntu you need to run the virtual machine then start Ubuntu from there. So now here in this example, you are running Windows 7 with Linux Ubuntu on virtual machine.