Switching between Mac OS X and Windows XP

[newbie2mac12345]

Hi, sorry if this has already been posted, but i can't seem to find the answer anywhere.

I'm new to mac and would like to know if there is any software out there which will allow me to "switch" between Mac OS X and Windows XP without rebooting my mac.

I am currently using Boot Camp which came with Leopard, and would like to boot this partition up along with my mac partition. For example, I would like to use mail/safari on my mac, and then be able to "switch" over to windows XP to carry on using MS Access, then ... when required, switch back to mail/safari (without loosing my data on MS Access).

Thanks in advance.
newbie2mac12345.

 

[MM07]

You can use Parallels or VMWare.

Do a search for those and you'll get some very informative threads.

 

[newbie2mac12345]

You can use Parallels or VMWare.

Do a search for those and you'll get some very informative threads.

Thanks. Will do.

 

[newbie2mac12345]

Another quick question.

If I purchase Parallels or VMware, will i need to reinstall XP or can i just state (during setup) that i want to use my XP partition? As it doesn't say this on their sites or on the threads in the forums.

Also, with this installed, will i still be able to boot up XP at startup using Boot Camp?

Thanks.

 

[Neil321]

Another quick question.

If I purchase Parallels or VMware, will i need to reinstall XP or can i just state (during setup) that i want to use my XP partition? As it doesn't say this on their sites or on the threads in the forums.

Thanks.

Nope this happens with the install, it auto-detects your partition ( both fusion & parallell's),if you decide on fusion ( the better choice in my opinion ) follow this when installing it

1 authorise windows in bootcamp
2 install fusion
3 install tools
4 authorise windows again

They both have the option of being able to boot into you bootcamp partition

 

[brkirch]

Both Parallels and Fusion have support for using a Boot Camp partition without losing the ability to boot directly into it.

 

[Bossone]

Since I'm new I'm going to revive this thread. I am wanting to switch from Boot Camp (WIN XP) for gaming and OS for everything else. Other than rebooting back and forth is there another option?

And yes i have parallel's, but the game doesn't run well in it.

 

[old-wiz]

Since I'm new I'm going to revive this thread. I am wanting to switch from Boot Camp (WIN XP) for gaming and OS for everything else. Other than rebooting back and forth is there another option?

And yes i have parallel's, but the game doesn't run well in it.

you cannot switch from bootcamp to OSx without rebooting. Nuff said.

 

[Bossone]

Well Frick

Thanks for clearing that up!

 

[Fredtgf]

Nope this happens with the install, it auto-detects your partition ( both fusion & parallell's),if you decide on fusion ( the better choice in my opinion ) follow this when installing it

1 authorise windows in bootcamp
2 install fusion
3 install tools
4 authorise windows again

They both have the option of being able to boot into you bootcamp partition

I dont follow