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   philo wrote:   
      
   > "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   
      
   It depends on what you're using it for. Several years ago, I did all my   
   non-game computing inside Virtual PC. When I was done with whatever I was   
   working on, I'd save to floppy image, then revert the VM back to saved   
   state. The performance hit for non-CPU-intensive things isn't too bad,   
   especially if you don't do more than 1 or 2 things at a time. (I was doing   
   this on a Pentium II.)   
      
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