Dual booting

[Pantharen]

I have 4074, I haven't installed it, I've just been sitting on it for almost a year. As my primary computer was a laptop. About 3 months ago I sold my laptop and bought a desktop.

My main concern is stability, I hvae heard about issues of longhorn just up and crashing for no reason. What are the risks involved, and what is the chance of a total destructive crash.

I have my data backed up, but I'm not terribly keen on a 3 day reinstall. My home PC is also my work PC, and I can't be offline for any great length of time.

Thank you.

[Aegis]

Microsoft does not recommend using Longhorn alpha for any mission-critical tasks.

[Blam-O!]

Microsoft doesn't even encourage the use of thier own software...