Yes. The VM is much easier and much more secure than a dual boot OS. Especially when the dual booted OS is XP or older. If you choose to dual boot I will defer to some one more technically knowledgeable to assist you. Is the other OS Vista or Win7? Don -----Original Message----- From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sandi Beach Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 4:41 PM To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: XP Emulator I do have a Win XP Pro installation disk though. Are there advantages to the virtual machine as opposed to the dual boot? Sandi ----- Original Message ----- From: <recklessmaverick@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 3:31 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: XP Emulator --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------