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From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. An operating system (commonly abbreviated to either OS or O/S) is an interface between hardware and user; an OS is responsible for the management and coordination of activities and the sharing of the resources of the computer. The operating system acts as a host for computing applications that are run on the machine. As a host, one of the purposes of an operating system is to handle the details of the operation of the hardware. This relieves application programs from having to manage these details and makes it easier to write applications. Almost all computers (including handheld computers, desktop computers, supercomputers, video game consoles) as well as some robots, domestic appliances (dishwashers, washing machines), and portable media players use an operating system of some type. Some of the oldest models may however use an embedded operating system, that may be contained on a compact disk or other data storage device. Operating systems offer a number of services to application programs and users. Applications access these services through application programming interfaces (APIs) or system calls. By invoking these interfaces, the application can request a service from the operating system, pass parameters, and receive the results of the operation. Users may also interact with the operating system with some kind of software user interface (UI) like typing commands by using command line interface (CLI) or using a graphical user interface (GUI, commonly pronounced “gooey”). For hand-held and desktop computers, the user interface is generally considered part of the operating system. On large multi-user systems like Unix and Unix-like systems, the user interface is generally implemented as an application program that runs outside the operating system. (Whether the user interface should be included as part of the operating system is a point of contention.) Common contemporary operating system families include BSD, Darwin (Mac OS X), Linux, SunOS (Solaris/OpenSolaris), and Windows NT (XP/Vista/7). While servers generally run Unix or some Unix-like operating system, embedded system markets are split amongst several operating systems. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License I accidentally opened up two Operating systems on two separate partitions. How do I get rid of the extra. ? Q. How do I get rid of the extra Operating System? Or get it off of partition? The extra system takes up an incredible amount of disk space. The Operating Systems are both Windows XP home edition. Asked by bobbie - Sat Aug 23 17:30:43 2008 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. WIndows is actually quite naughty - it requires drive C: for some stuff. So keep the OS on drive C: To remove the OS on the other drive, you need to delete some folders and files - let's assume it's on drive X: Folders: X:\Program Files X:\Windows X:\Documents and Settings Files (these are hidden files): X:\boot.ini X:\IO.SYS X:\MSDOS.SYS X:\NTLDR However, as mentioned above, it may be simpler to just format the disk. However, the next step is to remove the reference to the volume in the boot menu. You have to edit C:\boot.ini and remove the line that references the other OS. You will have two similar lines: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)pa rtition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)p [cont.] Answered by fishywiki - Sat Aug 23 17:46:21 2008 How do i have and use two operating systems on my pc? Q. I have a 40GB hard disk with windows xp on a 20GB partition and linux 9 on the other 20GB partition. I formated the harddisk with windows xp which i installed. I then installed Linux 9. I however cannot access the windows partition. When the sysem boots it goes straight into Linux without giving me the option of going into windows. When i invoke the 'fdisk' command however i can see both the partitions. I would like to access and work with both operating systems. What do i do? Asked by Paulo - Fri Jan 5 08:47:12 2007 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments A. Use System Commander, this will both of these system to be used. It costs a little but well worth it. Make sure you have a good amount of memory. You can test System Commander I think, they have a demo version, but if you bak up your system, it should be safe. Answered by Mictlan_KISS - Fri Jan 5 08:49:58 2007 How far is Vista compatible with other operating systems?
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