From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 9 20:30:58 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10B01A07 for ; Sat, 9 Mar 2013 20:30:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aimass@yabarana.com) Received: from mail-wi0-x232.google.com (mail-wi0-x232.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c05::232]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A50B991B for ; Sat, 9 Mar 2013 20:30:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f178.google.com with SMTP id hq4so298767wib.17 for ; Sat, 09 Mar 2013 12:30:56 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:cc:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=JJD9X3SCOWW7zVfiZP8W5weG9662V+A438YttO/SEAQ=; b=lfMuBpqgmsl195Gm0fi/z72047wCmOFsdruLux/RQfYK8DoatyUWpn+QUI0d45GdAP zuucRTL6yazSO7x6BTdnEXt/xmCp3aw79RZKsx1GziK2UedLbgZfv1kXyhe/ok0qSonM Ip62RSo8fY5vAOIB6khaZHIYlT5zIpJpn+cQAKS4EFxSni2uV/PqpgAjZsMUGVJoAw5s FTpzUzL2G3EZJjRrTe377iTfXx3lh649Tccnx3RDk+XiQTLoto1WIHypckVzXz96ZEkN YPYKBS7wDZ08YxyXKswfSlUi/Rpn9awmovM4N5aFLvshLwstPfEYWn1ejUHGMsrxVHYp +2vg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.57.137 with SMTP id i9mr11286052wjq.18.1362861056757; Sat, 09 Mar 2013 12:30:56 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.216.97.135 with HTTP; Sat, 9 Mar 2013 12:30:56 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20130309120741.DED57767@ms5.mc.surewest.net> References: <20130309120741.DED57767@ms5.mc.surewest.net> Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2013 15:30:56 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9 and Windows XP From: Alejandro Imass To: leeoliveshackelford@surewest.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlCqfb5RobweJ1ydsWg0llsW7RiG+RU0wU9a4of83WL24VZNSO32vAET82k3vx3B9Z7WQG2 Cc: FreeBSD Questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2013 20:30:58 -0000 On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 3:07 PM, 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