Grake Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 CPUhttp://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?d...&cid=CPU.84Motherboardhttp://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&...amp;modelmenu=1Is the CPU x64 compatible? Can you install an 64bit copy of windows on virtual machine that's running on 32bit?Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PC_LOAD_LETTER Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Is the CPU x64 compatible?Yes.Can you install an 64bit copy of windows on virtual machine that's running on 32bit?No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipk487 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 (edited) its got EM64T so you can install a 64bit os. i know that in vmware I got xp pro 64bit to install while running xp pro. Edited January 17, 2008 by slipk487 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grake Posted January 17, 2008 Author Share Posted January 17, 2008 Cool thanks for the fast reply. Is there anyway for me to slipstream SP2 onto the CD I have without actually installing x64 first? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 http://www.helpwithwindows.com/WindowsXP/w...sp2-bootcd.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grake Posted January 17, 2008 Author Share Posted January 17, 2008 Reason I ask is that it's not letting me as I'm running a 32bit version of windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 hmm, well i honestly wonder what the legality is of dloading an xp x64 sp2 disk off of a file sharing site as long as you have a legit key. does anyone know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grake Posted January 17, 2008 Author Share Posted January 17, 2008 I don't know, but just to make it clear this doesn't get locked I didn't download it off of a file sharing site. I have an MSDN subscription through work and got it off there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 have you checked on MSDN for a version with SP2 in it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legionaire Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 hmm, well i honestly wonder what the legality is of dloading an xp x64 sp2 disk off of a file sharing site as long as you have a legit key. does anyone know?It's illegal as it's breaching copyright laws. By downloading from a source that is not licensed to offer copyrighted material you are yourself creating an illegal copy.A license key is just a measure to discourage illegal copying - it's not the license to obtain the software associated with it. Microsoft does offer to 'legalize' pirated copies through the purchase of a license key. However, that's within the realm of civil law entirely. The act of creating an illegal copy is a criminal act nevertheless and there is no way a company like Microsoft can exert any influence whatsoever on what is considered a crime.Now I just hope I cleared your question in time before jcarle has a chance to unload his wrath onto you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zxian Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 also i am wondering, is it illegal to download a torrent of an XP SP2 disk? as long as you have your own cd key and all i would assume that you would be fine, but i am not sure.Yes, downloading any software that isn't otherwise available for download via Bit Torrent is illegal. For Microsoft products, the only way that you can legally get the disc is from a licensed retailer (your computer store) or from Microsoft themselves.Honestly... ripken... I gave you the answer to that exact question just a few weeks ago. Hopefully we don't need to go over this again.Microsoft gives the option to legalize your pirated copy if you can tell them the organization that provided you with the disk (i.e. who tricked you). If you say to them that you downloaded the copy, and didn't know any better - you're up the creek without a paddle.@Grake - You can follow the instructions for the slipstreaming, provided that it's the 64-bit version of SP2 that you've downloaded. Slipstreaming 32-bit SP2 onto 64-bit XP doesn't make much sense now, does it? Otherwise, your MSDN subscription should provide you with an up-to-date version of XP x64. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grake Posted January 18, 2008 Author Share Posted January 18, 2008 I don't think you guys are understanding what I was saying. I was trying to slipstream a x64 SP2 onto a x64 XPCD running a 32bit OS. Apparently you can't do that. You need to be running a base x64 bit to even slipstream it. Anyway, I ended up installing it without the SP2 then played around with it while on it. MSDN doesn't provide x64 with SP2, only with SP1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zxian Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 I guess that would make sense. The SP2 x64 distributable file is 64-bit, so it wouldn't be able to run under a 32-bit environment. If you're really diehard, you could boot the non-SP2 version, slipstream a new copy, and then install from that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Is the CPU x64 compatible? Can you install an 64bit copy of windows on virtual machine that's running on 32bit?Actually, if the x64 CPU has support for hardware virtualization, and you're using VMWare, you can actually run 64bit guests on the VMWare server 32bit host. However, your CPU usage on the host from that guest VM will be much higher than if the host was 64bit. So yes, it can be done, but it's not recommended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puntoMX Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Is the CPU x64 compatible? Can you install an 64bit copy of windows on virtual machine that's running on 32bit?Actually, if the x64 CPU has support for hardware virtualization, and you're using VMWare, you can actually run 64bit guests on the VMWare server 32bit host. However, your CPU usage on the host from that guest VM will be much higher than if the host was 64bit. So yes, it can be done, but it's not recommended.Then I hope the topic starter has an AMD, Intel is too buggy and slow for this... well, just as a side note . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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