Originally Posted by PIT_Flyer
...If I buy a 100GB HDD, can I partition it as 80 + 10 (Parallels) + 10 (Bootcamp) and U/G Bootcamp to Vista and leave Parallels running XP?
Also, do I technically need two licenses to load XP twice (Bootcamp & Parallels)? Same with software loaded onto these installations?
Parallels doesn't use a partition. It uses a file for the hard drive that can be set to expand when it needs more space.
My understanding is that you'll need two licenses because of Windows Activation. Windows will see it as two different machines when you go to activate it.