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| 1171715 | 2011-01-22 11:05:00 | Can you run XP inside Windows 7 Pro with out a Virtual Machine? My Dell Vostro was supplied with W7 & XP discs. I could dual boot but.......... |
mzee (3324) | ||
| 1171716 | 2011-01-22 11:09:00 | Dont think so. Its either XP mode or XP and Win7 dual boot | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1171717 | 2011-01-23 00:24:00 | Dont think so. Its either XP mode or XP and Win7 dual boot I was using Win XP then partitioned my hard drive for Win 7. XP shows up as "Earlier Operating System". It works well cos I have a lot of files on my XP system. |
bot (15449) | ||
| 1171718 | 2011-01-23 00:28:00 | Yup, thats dual boot. Which you can do. But you cant install XP on the same partition as Win7. Or any other OS. Unless its on another partition, or you install XP mode (or another VM program) | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1171719 | 2011-01-23 00:57:00 | You can use either XP Mode for Windows 7 (which is based on Microsoft Virtual PC), MS Virtual PC 2007, VMware Player/Server or VirtualBox, they are all free Virtual Machine Environments. There are other VM systems are there but haven't tried them myself. I have got XP mode on my Win7 Pro Laptop, plus two other VMs of XP using Virtual PC. Will probably stick VMware Player on it too, as the with VMTools allow me to take better advantage of the graphics capabilities in the VM, it is also more seamless, you can just move the mouse into the VM to use and move it out of the window and use the host OS directly without having the press the hotkeys to switch in and out of the VM/Host OS. |
Geek4414 (12000) | ||
| 1171720 | 2011-01-25 06:10:00 | I have tried to use Microsoft virtual machine on my Dell Vostro and it is not supported by the Dell. I could update the Bios but as I already have VM Ware I could use that, or dual boot or use an old Desk Top. I only need the XP to test web sites with standard XP fonts. | mzee (3324) | ||
| 1171721 | 2011-01-25 09:15:00 | You'll find that your Vostro will support MS Virtual Machine, but you may have to enable the 'Virtulisation Technology' option from within the BIOS | Webbnzl (8810) | ||
| 1171722 | 2011-01-26 10:21:00 | There is no setting in the Bios for Microsoft Virtual machine hardware support, so I have installed MVWare Workstation 7 with xppro. The Xp is fine, has sound, USB, serial port & printer port support & also goes on-line. Only problem is that the video driver is not good and the display a bit fuzzy. There is an update for Windows 7 available which I will get sometime. |
mzee (3324) | ||
| 1171723 | 2011-01-26 10:23:00 | Its called AMD-V or virtualization. Depending on the CPU (AMD or Intel) thats installed. Thats if the CPU supports it | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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