Software Testing

I want to be able to test software and other things such as websites on my PC, with out effecting/infecting, my primary partition. I have been told either a VM or sandbox would be best I don't know a whole lot about either I do use a VM at work to run legacy programs on Windows XP. I want to create an environment that will be used to test everything, and not corrupt my whole system.

Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Rez

 

I personally use "Sandboxie" and have not had a problem "YET" because nothing can guarantee safety 100% only using your own common sense can protect you fully.
this will give you an insight to how it works.

http://www.sandboxie.com/

And for a safe download you can get it here.

http://majorgeeks.com/Sandboxie_d4993.html