[Pousinha]

How many of you have yet dowloaded virtual box? This app dedicated to windows and MAC OS is a good way to maintain a double O.S. Currently I only have one notebook quite capable to support another O.S., even as time pass by only 6 giga of memory would not be enough any more. In 2018 I installed in the virtualbox the last release of linux ubuntu (the last considering current year). In the past, I had other devices with a double windows, different release than the default in the machine.

[mrki444]

I have it for years but only for some testing purposes. If I need it for something serious I would use dual boot. WM is not abd but it requires a lot of RAM and good processor.

[Pousinha]

Yes, the defect of virtual box is really ram consumption. But I'm not sure if my old notebooks (7 and 8 years old) support dual boot

[skysnap]

I have both VMWare and Virtualbox. I run Linux distros inside them for my windows desktop. I think they can be pretty handy when you wish to use the Linux.

[mrki444]

But I'm not sure if my old notebooks (7 and 8 years old) support dual boot

They probably do. It was easier on older computers set dual boot than on new. UEFI, EFI mode does more problem with it.

[skysnap]

Today almost every laptop comes with the UEFI and then formatting the windows becomes pain. I had to get rid of it through BIOS and then install linux on one of the laptop recently.

[mrki444]

Today almost every laptop comes with the UEFI and then formatting the windows becomes pain.

Even installation can be problem. I think some installation files are to big for UEFI format or some other so it must be set right. I know Rufus could not be able make boot USB with windows 10 because of similar problem. I need it use Windows Media Creation tools.

[skysnap]

Today almost every laptop comes with the UEFI and then formatting the windows becomes pain.

Even installation can be problem. I think some installation files are to big for UEFI format or some other so it must be set right. I know Rufus could not be able make boot USB with windows 10 because of similar problem. I need it use Windows Media Creation tools.

This is one reason I am using Gen2 Torrent of Windows 10 Pro and format my USB with it. I get rid of the UEFI and then install it. I make sure to keep one OS which is not on the UEFI. Rufus and other tools are there which can be used.