10 Best Operating Systems for Boot
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What To Look For
- Easy To Install
- Frequent Updates
- Feature Packed
Why We Recommend These Products
Out of thousands of reviews for 119 products, over 200 people recommended Operating Systems specifically for Boot. These 10 are the most highly recommended products we found.
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition Full Version OEM
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$110 - $135
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34 People Recommend
"well, it’s been one week since i installed windows vista home premium 64-bit as a dual boot setup with windows xp pro.…" - Tigerdirect.com User "and it auto sets up your boot menu and makes vista default…" - Newegg.com User "it just crashed halfway through installation and wouldn't boot properly while the x-fi card was in the machine.…" - Newegg.com User |
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
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$97 - $230
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9 People Recommend
"the new number to activate the software.other thoughts: it's not like you can take the old drive with xp loaded on it, put it into another machine, and boot off of it: you'll just get a blue screen.…" - Newegg.com User "i'm currently dual booting xp and vista and i just love being able to use xp without concern of constant crashing and knowing that i have enough ram to do whatever i need done without vista whoring it…" - Newegg.com User "other thoughts: it's not like you can take the old drive with xp loaded on it, put it into another machine, and boot off of it: you'll just get a blue screen.…" - Newegg.com User |
Xandros Desktop Home Edition Premium Full Version
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8 People Recommend
"apparently it will not run battlefield 2 so i do still have it dual booted with win xp so i can play online.…" - jay_butterfield@hotmail.com from New Port Richey, FL at Buy.com "also, if you're installing xandros as a duel-boot w/windows or another os, be sure to manage the partitions yourself; it's very easy.…" - Tigerdirect.com User "i recommend doing the custom install; just so you can make sure which programs you want and which drives you want it to use, especially if you're duel booting.…" - Newegg.com User |
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
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$140 - $219
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7 People Recommend
"i tried to use windows 98 se in this computer because i like the way it looked, but after i had every thing working it would take 5 minute for windows 98 se to boot the pc up.…" - Pricegrabber.com User "it is *such* an improvement not to have to re-boot frequently due to getting the dreaded "blue screen of death"!…" - Pricegrabber.com User "i have upgraded another system from win 2000 to xp home, and that required booting from xp home cd.…" - Softwaremedia.com User |
Microsoft Windows XP Professional 64Bit
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$136 - $165
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6 People Recommend
"system takes less time to boot and less time to start programs.…" - Newegg.com User "anything is better than vista, had it installed for 3 day on a tri-boot before i got sick of it and removed it.…" - Newegg.com User "faster then xp-pro; (i have dual boot).…" - Newegg.com User |
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition English
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$86 - $110
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3 People Recommend
"when you insert the xp cd and boot from it, before installing it will ask you for your windows 2000 disk for verification.…" - Newegg.com User "the new install option worked fine though, and left us able to dual boot the machine into 98 or xp.…" - Newegg.com User "pros: stable, fast, good boot time…" - tigrang at Shopping.com |
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition
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$132 - $419
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3 People Recommend
"on my system i get so many updates my computer actually slows down i can tell because bootup use to take only like 4 secs but now its like 20.other thoughts: i would recommend this over vista for the…" - Newegg.com User "i did a clean instal so the only thing u do is pop in the cd and make the computer boot from cd.…" - Newegg.com User "i did a clean instal so the only thing u do is pop in the cd and make the computer boot from cd. …" - Newegg.com User |
Microsoft Windows Vista Business Edition Full Version
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$114 - $284
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3 People Recommend
"i decided to do a clean install using upgrade media - you know the drill: boot from the dvd, install clean from scratch without specifying a product key, then do an "upgrade" the same way, this time…" - Amazon.com User "i have xp running on a bootcamp partition on my macbook and it is doing just fine.…" - Amazon.com User "i've installed vista on mac using "boot camp" for the purpose of running one business software that i own.…" - Amazon.com User |
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Full Version
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$158 - $346
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2 People Recommend
"boots up alot faster to.…" - A Customer from Chesapeake, va at Buy.com "personally, i approve of the new boot envoronment (a small dos-like operating system runs prior to booting to vista), which is also present both in the upgrade process.…" - Amazon.com User "superfetch and readyboost (a brilliant feature which allows up to 4gb of flash memory to be used as a supplement to system memory) makes a much "heavier" system boot up and shut down faster than xp.…" - Amazon.com User |
Microsoft Windows Vista Business Edition Full Version OEM
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$100 - $199
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2 People Recommend
"my system runs fine, boots fast, and has no hanging. …" - Newegg.com User "it boots way faster than xp and under 10 seconds for me. …" - Newegg.com User "insane boot speed with prefetch. …" - Newegg.com User |
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