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Date:      Sat, 9 Mar 2013 15:30:56 -0500
From:      Alejandro Imass <aimass@yabarana.com>
To:        leeoliveshackelford@surewest.net
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 9 and Windows XP
Message-ID:  <CAHieY7SQbfMNLkQjpTm4wT8nRkAqruoc8PqmG0swF%2BX3ZxBbLQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20130309120741.DED57767@ms5.mc.surewest.net>
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On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 3:07 PM,  <leeoliveshackelford@surewest.net> wrote:
> Good afternoon, FreeBSD enthusiasts.  Can FreeBSD 9.1 be installed on a computer on which Windows XP currently resides?


As others have already answered, yes. The risks are minimal if you are
careful but you will always have the risk of breaking something so
make a backup of your XP before doing _anything_. Also, even before
doing that, run a de-fragmenter.

-- 
Alejandro Imass



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