ViralMedia Executive Summary

Executive Summary
The concept of dual booting will be of great help to ViralMedia in regards to reducing the number of computer systems from two to only one computer for each sales personnel. Dual booting allows one computer to run on two operating systems both of which have a full access to the computer’s resources. In the case of ViralMedia, it will enable the sales personnel to work using both Linux and Windows operating systems without switching computers.
During the installation process, the Windows operating system is installed first followed by Linux; this is because Linux is designed to accommodate other operating systems, unlike Windows. During the installation process, the most common approach is creating three partitions, the first for Windows, the second for Linux, and the third for data storage. The reason for doing this is because Linux can access data stored in the Windows partition, but Windows cannot access information stored in the Linux partition. However, both operating systems can access files stored in the storage partition. After successful installations of the two operating systems, when the computer users start the machines, the system does not directly load the either Windows or Linux but prompts the user to select what operating system to use.
There exist other methods that make it possible to stream operating system without creating partitions on the hard drive. However, dual booting will allow ViralMedia to save on hardware resources. Reducing the number of computer systems by half will help the company save money that was previously used in buying additional machines during company expansions and also reduce the repair and maintenance costs since the firm will be dealing with fewer computers.

The funds can be used on other projects.