Booting Multiple Operating Systems

I do not know of an automated way of doing it, but NeoSmart EasyBCD is close to what you want.

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However, if you want to mess around with different operating systems, it is possible to break working ones if you are not careful - and even if you are, I wouldn't really recommend it.

Take a look at virtualisation - it will allow you to run an operating system within another one. Personally, my favourite is VMWare Workstation, however there are many free solutions such as Virtual PC for Windows 7 (For Windows Vista or before) for Windows or VirtualBox which is cross platform.


If you're experimenting a lot with different operating systems, i recommend a 3rd party boot manager such as BootIt NG

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Now you can select the OS you want to boot, but it doesn't stop there: you can also properly hide system partitions from each other, avoiding any interference from other operating systems that may cause damage to other bootloaders.