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Old 05-29-2009   #4 (permalink)
jim-g


 
 

Re: 2007 VPC to run Win7-64 bit?

Thanks a lot fellas..... Jim


"David Wilkinson" <no-reply@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> jim-g 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.
>
> Jim:
>
> Virtual PC does not support 64-bit guests, even on 64-bit host OS.
>
> VMWare workstation does support 64-bit guests, even on 32-bit host
> (provided CPU is 64-bit of course).
>
> --
> David Wilkinson
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