From: philo@privacy.net   
      
   "Auric__"  wrote in message   
   news:Xns9F9B6B794285Eauricauricauricauric@88.198.244.100...   
   > philo wrote:   
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   >> Yes   
   >> I have used such workarounds myself .   
   >> I am not sure if the OP is up to it though.   
   >   
   > According to his post (a few hours after yours) he certainly seems to be.   
   >   
   >> For me, it got to the point where I was using so many operating systems   
   >> (at least 22 at last count) that multi-booting became absurd.   
   >> I have been using removable drive kits for many years now   
   >   
   > At that point, you should consider virtualization. I used to jump through   
   > hoops to get as many OS's as possible installed; nowadays I generally only   
   > install the 3 I mentioned, and run everything else in VMware. (The   
   > exception   
   > would be if I needed to run a system that doesn't like emulation, but I'd   
   > be   
   > more likely to use a separate computer than try to add another to this   
   > one.)   
   >   
   >   
      
   The guest OS always takes a hit in performance in a virtual machine...   
   so I don't usually use that method...but have been known to do so some times   
      
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