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Snow Leopard, Windows XP, Windows 7

Hi,

I'm currently using Macbook 13.3" Unibody (bought in May 2009). May I know if it is possible to have all the 3 OS: Snow Leopard, Windows Xp and Windows 7 on my Macbook (in different partitions)?

Does anybody try that before? Will it work?

Thanks a lot.

MacBook 13.3" Unibody, Mac OS X (10.6.1)

Posted on Oct 26, 2009 7:57 PM

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V.K.

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Posted on Oct 26, 2009 8:05 PM

no, this will not work. you can only have one windows partition on one drive and it has to be the last partition on the drive. there is absolutely no way around that. bootcamp assistant will let you create it but you'll have to decide which version of windows to put there. but it's possible to run as many versions of windows as you want from OS X by using a windows virtualization program like VMware, Virtual Box or Parallels. also, keep in mind that, while a lot of people seem to run windows 7 in bootcamp just fine, windows 7 via bootcamp is not yet officially supported by apple. windows 7 bootcamp drivers will only be released later this year.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3920

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Oct 28, 2009 6:39 AM in response to kskong

You would need two partitions to have them installed "for real" at the same time on the same machine, and Boot Camp/OS X doesn't allow this. However, you could install one or the other "for real," and install the other virtually using, for example, Parallels or Fusion.

Snow Leopard, Windows XP, Windows 7