Hello,
I'm wondering if anyone has thoughts on multi-booting several windows installations off one or two hard drives. I've been asked to put together a software testing rig capable of running Windows XP, Vista, and 7, with 32- and 64-bit versions of each.
That's 6 installs total. If necessary I could have 6 separate hard drives with ordinary installs. However, I'd like to keep the number of drives down to cut cost and avoid manual drive-switching. I am aware that Windows does not like booting from extended partitions, so that might limit the number I can lump together.
Is there any software out there specifically for this task? Other than virtual machines, I mean. Am I asking for trouble having so many Windows so close together?
Thanks in advance for your help.
I'm wondering if anyone has thoughts on multi-booting several windows installations off one or two hard drives. I've been asked to put together a software testing rig capable of running Windows XP, Vista, and 7, with 32- and 64-bit versions of each.
That's 6 installs total. If necessary I could have 6 separate hard drives with ordinary installs. However, I'd like to keep the number of drives down to cut cost and avoid manual drive-switching. I am aware that Windows does not like booting from extended partitions, so that might limit the number I can lump together.
Is there any software out there specifically for this task? Other than virtual machines, I mean. Am I asking for trouble having so many Windows so close together?
Thanks in advance for your help.