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Re: Multi/Dual/Virtual Operating Systems - Smart way of doing things in Windows

Date 2025-03-25 12:23 +0100
Subject Re: Multi/Dual/Virtual Operating Systems - Smart way of doing things in Windows
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-11, alt.comp.os.windows-10
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From dillinger <dillinger@invalid.not>
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On 24/03/2025 20:32, dillinger wrote:
> On 3/24/25 18:27, Paul wrote:
>> On Mon, 3/24/2025 8:12 AM, Newyana2 wrote:
>>> On 3/24/2025 6:24 AM, wasbit wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thank you. Very interesting.
>>>> I can't see any benefit for me to change from having my extra operating systems on a partitioned NVMe M.2 drive & using EasyBCD as the boot manager.
>>>>    - https://neosmart.net/EasyBCD/
>>>>
>>>
>>>    It looks like he's talking about a VM, not multibooting.
>>> You watched the video? I draw the line at people expecting
>>> me to watch a video without explaining what they're talking
>>> about.
>>>
>>>    If I had to guess, I'd guess that Mr. Dual Boot Windows
>>> probably lost his job as an aluminum siding salesman and this
>>> is his new gimmick.
>>>
>>
>> (Tough audience) :-)
>>
>> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/boot-to-vhd--native-boot--add-a-virtual-hard-disk-to-the-boot-menu?view=windows-11
>>
>> In the example, you can see they "attach" a container, assign a letter
>> to the partition, then
>>
>>     bcdboot v:\windows /s S: /f UEFI     # Add a boot entry to the boot menu
>>
>> I gather that is sort of the idea.
>>
>> When I tried that, long ago, with a .vhd , it promptly went into a boot loop.
>> But don't let that observation deter you.
>>
>>     Paul
> I tried to copy a few existing virtual machines in there but they bothnic
> failed with winload.efi errors, I'll experiment a bit more.
I got it working, when the host uses efi, the VMs also have to use efi.
It dual boots into a VM, this is about as close as you can get to a dual 
boot or a real install without partitioning etc.
Using all memory and all processors it is a nice way to test what an 
upgrade to Windows 11 would be like without actually installing it.

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Multi/Dual/Virtual Operating Systems - Smart way of doing things in Windows Dual Boot Windows <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-03-24 04:45 +0000
  Re: Multi/Dual/Virtual Operating Systems - Smart way of doing things in Windows wasbit <wasbit@REMOVEhotmail.com> - 2025-03-24 10:24 +0000
    Re: Multi/Dual/Virtual Operating Systems - Smart way of doing things in Windows Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-03-24 08:12 -0400
      Re: Multi/Dual/Virtual Operating Systems - Smart way of doing things in Windows Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-03-24 13:27 -0400
        Re: Multi/Dual/Virtual Operating Systems - Smart way of doing things in Windows dillinger <dillinger@invalid.not> - 2025-03-24 20:32 +0100
          Re: Multi/Dual/Virtual Operating Systems - Smart way of doing things in Windows dillinger <dillinger@invalid.not> - 2025-03-25 12:23 +0100
      Re: Multi/Dual/Virtual Operating Systems - Smart way of doing things in Windows wasbit <wasbit@REMOVEhotmail.com> - 2025-03-25 09:30 +0000
        Re: Multi/Dual/Virtual Operating Systems - Smart way of doing things in Windows Dual Boot Windows <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-03-31 02:00 +0100

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