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Old 05-29-2009   #3 (permalink)
Steve Jain [MVP]


 
 

Re: 2007 VPC to run Win7-64 bit?

On Fri, 29 May 2009 10:15:57 -0700, "jim-g" <##jimg@xxxxxx> wrote:
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>My machine is dual-quad 64 bit HP with Vista 32 bit Home-Ultimate on it and
>my first attempts to start up a 32 bit VHD. I'd like to try out Win7 on the
>VHD but don't know if it is dependent on the VPC being 64 bit or whether the
>win7 runs off the hardware as 64 bit?
>
>If I have to, the 32 bit ver of Win7 can be downloaded to run.
>
>Any thoughts ?
>
>Jim
If your OS is 32bit, install the 32bit version of VPC. No version of
VPC allows you to run 64bit VMs.

You need Hyper-V or another VM program to do that.

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