Originally Posted By: jford


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The biggest problem with dual-booting Windows XP with one of the higher level Windows is what has been previously stated. It will absolutely remove your restore points. Having been saved before (occasionally, not often) by reverting to a previous restore point, that ultimately became a show-stopper.


BUT the FIX is trivial: HIDE the Win 7, or 8, or 10 drive from XP! (and again I wouldn't trust to restore points anyway - they don't store EVERYTHING - so there is RISK if that's your only recovery plan)

But you are right if you don't need XP: move on. If you don't need Win 7: move on. Try to get to one OS - make your life simple.

Be nice if I could leave Win XP in the dust but can't, ~95% customer driven I have to "stay in sync" to support them (they are the definition of monolithic and are more stubborn than I am) and the rest is personal (RS-232 equipment that will not work in Win 7 , 8, 10 and I won't dump it in local landfill)


Re: Win 10. I don't see the NEED and am fully underwhelmed by it anyway. I hate working (maintenance or giving assistance) on my wife's Win 10 laptop. When I have to boot her laptop up it just reinforces my "no hurry to move to Win 10" mindset.

Larry


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