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Windows 7: Can I have more than one virtualization solution?
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29 Aug 2010
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Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit Build 7600 / Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3 Mexico |
Can I have more than one virtualization solution?
Sounds like a dumb question... but I don't want issues that make me reinstall later... In my laptop I got Virtual PC with XP Mode... but as Virtual PC is only aimed for Microsoft OSes, I would like to install another solution (Maybe VirtualBox or VmWare...) so I can emulate maybe linux or another type of OS... (Maybe Windows 95... just for fun).
Can Virtual PC co-exist with other soft (VirtualBox, VMWare...) without having issues and BSODs? Wich one is better, VirtualBox or VMWare Player? Can I create new machines with this last one? Is that one free?
Thanks in advance guys.
See ya!!!  | My System Specs |
| Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Assembled Desktop PC
OS Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit Build 7600 / Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3
CPU AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Dual Core CPU @ 2.7 Ghz (Brisbane)
Motherboard PCChips A13G+ v3.0
Memory 2x2 GB DDR2 PC-5300 (667 Mhz) Kingston ValueRAM
Graphics Card XFX ATI Radeon HD 4350 GPU (512 MB + 512 MB HM)
Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio Driver ALC660 @ MCP61S
Monitor(s) Displays HP S2031 20" LED HD Widescreen Display Monitor
Screen Resolution 1600 x 900 px
Keyboard Microsoft Wired Keyboard Silent Key Feature
Mouse Microsoft USB Lasser Pointing Device
PSU Pixxo Transformer 850W 80+ Certification PSU
Case Compaq 5BW353 Case
Cooling Many solutions, see other info...
Hard Drives Maxtor Diamond Max 10 (160 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA-II Hard Disk)
Western Digital Scorpion Blue (250 GB, 5400 RPM, SATA-II External Hard Disk)
Internet Speed 2 MB
Other Info Windows Experience Index Result: 3.8 of 7.9.
Cooling solutions:
- AVC @ 2000/5000 RPM Copper Heatpipes (For Athlon 64 X2 6000+ CPU used in an Athlon 64 X2 5200+)
- Rear Fan 80 mm @ 2700 RPM for heat extraction
- Manhatan Chipset Cooler @ 4700/7200 RPM (For nVidia Chipset in MoBo)
- Foxconn @ 2500 RPM (Old Pentium III heatsink fan) in XFX ATI Radeon HD 4350
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29 Aug 2010
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#2 | |
Windows® 8 Pro (64-bit) Mumbai, India |
I have used Virtual PC (XP MODE), Virtualbox and vmware installed and working together in perfect harmony. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Samsung NP530U4B-S02IN
OS Windows® 8 Pro (64-bit)
CPU Intel® Core™ i5 Processor 2467M (1.60GHz, 3MB L3 Cache)
Motherboard Samsung Electronics
Memory 6GB DDR3 System Memory at 1,333MHz (on BD 4GB + 2GB x 1)
Graphics Card AMD Radeon™ HD7550M 1GB DDR3 (Ext. Graphic)
Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays 35.56cm (14.0) SuperBright 300nit HD LED Display
Screen Resolution 1366x768
Hard Drives 1TB S-ATA II Hard Drive (5400RPM) with ExpressCache 16GB SSD
Internet Speed sucks
Antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser Google Chrome (Sync enabled)
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29 Aug 2010
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#3 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate, OS X 10.7, Ubuntu 11.04 Pembroke |
I cannot remember exactly at this time but maybe someone else can tell you which.
Its either VirtualBox or VMWare that will let you import your XP Mode and allow you to scrap your Virtual PC.  Personally I prefer VMWare Workstation 7.1 but that isn't free. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom | Whitebox
OS Windows 7 Ultimate, OS X 10.7, Ubuntu 11.04
CPU Intel E6750 @ 3.80GHz
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3L (Revision 1.1)
Memory 2x2GB & 2x1GB (6GB) OCZ Reaper 1066MHz @ 1080MHz
Graphics Card EVGA nVidia GTX 260 896mb (216 Core) FTW Edition
Sound Card Realtek ALC888
Monitor(s) Displays 21" VIZIO TV
Screen Resolution 1680x1050 @ 60Hz
Keyboard Logitech Wireless S520
Mouse Logitech Wireless S520 - Microsoft Wireless Arc Mouse
PSU Corsair 750W
Case NZXT Nemesis Elite
Cooling Thermaltake SpinQ
Hard Drives Western Digital WD6401AALS - 640GB
Hitachi HDP725016GLA380 - 160GB
Internet Speed Download: 20mbps, Upload: 3mbps
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29 Aug 2010
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#4 | |
Windows® 8 Pro (64-bit) Mumbai, India |
Talking about preference, I like Virtualbox. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Samsung NP530U4B-S02IN
OS Windows® 8 Pro (64-bit)
CPU Intel® Core™ i5 Processor 2467M (1.60GHz, 3MB L3 Cache)
Motherboard Samsung Electronics
Memory 6GB DDR3 System Memory at 1,333MHz (on BD 4GB + 2GB x 1)
Graphics Card AMD Radeon™ HD7550M 1GB DDR3 (Ext. Graphic)
Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays 35.56cm (14.0) SuperBright 300nit HD LED Display
Screen Resolution 1366x768
Hard Drives 1TB S-ATA II Hard Drive (5400RPM) with ExpressCache 16GB SSD
Internet Speed sucks
Antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser Google Chrome (Sync enabled)
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29 Aug 2010
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#5 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 |
You should be able to run them simultaneously without issues. Your only real limiter is Disk I/O. | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
CPU Intel Core i3 530 2.93 Ghz Clarkdale
Motherboard ASRock P55 PRO/USB3 LGA 1156
Memory 4 GB OCZ DDR3 1600 (PC12800) Low Voltage Desktop Memory
Graphics Card Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti with 1 GB of RAM
Sound Card Realtek HD ALC892
Monitor(s) Displays 20'' eMachines E202HDbmd Glare Panel Widescreen
Screen Resolution 1600 x 900
Keyboard Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop Elite
Mouse Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop Elite
PSU Rosewill Xtreme Series RX750-D-B ATX12V v2.2 & EPS12V (750W)
Case Cooler Master Centurion 534 RC-534-KKN2-GP Mid-Tower
Cooling Standard Case Fans and Stock CPU Heatsink
Hard Drives Western Digital 1 TB Caviar Black Edition (7200 RPM) SATA
Hitachi Deskstar 500 GB (7200 RPM) SATA
Samsung SpinPoint 400 GB (7200 RPM) SATA
Internet Speed 7.1 Mbps Verizon DSL
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29 Aug 2010
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#6 | |
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Yes, you can install all of them. VMware has the ability to directly import that XP mode image. VMWare player is my desktop virtualization software of choice. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Self-Built in July 2009
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU Intel Q9550 2.83Ghz OC'd to 3.40Ghz
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R rev. 1.1, F12 BIOS
Memory 8GB G.Skill PI DDR2-800, 4-4-4-12 timings
Graphics Card EVGA 1280MB Nvidia GeForce GTX570
Sound Card Realtek ALC899A 8 channel onboard audio
Monitor(s) Displays 23" Acer x233H
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard ABS M1 Mechanical
Mouse Logitech G9 Laser Mouse
PSU Corsair 620HX modular
Case Antec P182
Cooling stock
Hard Drives Intel X25-M 80GB Gen 2 SSD
Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black, 32MB cache. WD1001FALS
Internet Speed 15/2 cable modem
Other Info Windows and Linux enthusiast. Logitech G35 Headset.
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30 Aug 2010
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#7 | |
W7 X-64 RTM,SUSE 11.1, XP PRO SP3 as a VM, VMware ESXi Hafnarfjörður IS |
Hi there
Only vmware SERVER doesn't work if vmware workstation is installed otherwise you can run any virtualisation software you like.
Note however that if you DO chose multi-virtualisation software the chances are that your Virtual Machines will have different Disk Formats so they won't necessarily be compatable with each other.
Cheers
jimbo | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom built
OS W7 X-64 RTM,SUSE 11.1, XP PRO SP3 as a VM, VMware ESXi
CPU Q9400 QUAD
Motherboard P5QL-CM
Memory 8GB
Graphics Card On Motherborad
Sound Card Realtek HD audio
Monitor(s) Displays Apple Cinema display
Mouse Toshiba wireless laser
Hard Drives 4 X 1TB SATA
Internet Speed > 20MB up
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31 Aug 2010
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#8 | |
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit Build 7600 / Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3 Mexico |
Perfect... then I will install VirtualBox so I can run a linux enviornment.
Thanks for your help guys, I really apreciate this
See ya!! | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Assembled Desktop PC
OS Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit Build 7600 / Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3
CPU AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Dual Core CPU @ 2.7 Ghz (Brisbane)
Motherboard PCChips A13G+ v3.0
Memory 2x2 GB DDR2 PC-5300 (667 Mhz) Kingston ValueRAM
Graphics Card XFX ATI Radeon HD 4350 GPU (512 MB + 512 MB HM)
Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio Driver ALC660 @ MCP61S
Monitor(s) Displays HP S2031 20" LED HD Widescreen Display Monitor
Screen Resolution 1600 x 900 px
Keyboard Microsoft Wired Keyboard Silent Key Feature
Mouse Microsoft USB Lasser Pointing Device
PSU Pixxo Transformer 850W 80+ Certification PSU
Case Compaq 5BW353 Case
Cooling Many solutions, see other info...
Hard Drives Maxtor Diamond Max 10 (160 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA-II Hard Disk)
Western Digital Scorpion Blue (250 GB, 5400 RPM, SATA-II External Hard Disk)
Internet Speed 2 MB
Other Info Windows Experience Index Result: 3.8 of 7.9.
Cooling solutions:
- AVC @ 2000/5000 RPM Copper Heatpipes (For Athlon 64 X2 6000+ CPU used in an Athlon 64 X2 5200+)
- Rear Fan 80 mm @ 2700 RPM for heat extraction
- Manhatan Chipset Cooler @ 4700/7200 RPM (For nVidia Chipset in MoBo)
- Foxconn @ 2500 RPM (Old Pentium III heatsink fan) in XFX ATI Radeon HD 4350
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31 Aug 2010
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#9 | |
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I use VMware to play on Linux Mint, and full-screen works without any problems.
One thing I don't like about VMware is that if you want to install lets say Vista it bypasses the screens where you would up partitions or to format drive, even though there's nothing to format. It just jumps right into installation.
That's said VMware is easy to use and works really fast.
XP mode runs EXCELLENT on VMware Player, it can be integrated side by side with Windows 7.
Last edited by eldinv; 31 Aug 2010 at 10:01 PM..
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03 Dec 2012
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I have used all three programs but would recommend VMWare for the reliability and the ease of use. I would also recommend it because it is easy to learn, understand and supports a multitude of virtual disk formats | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Ei 205
OS Windows 7 Pro x32
CPU Intel Celeron D CPU 3.33GHz 3.33GHz
Motherboard James's Motherboards
Memory 2.00GB
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 7300LE
Sound Card Realtek Onboard HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays HannStar AH191
Screen Resolution 1440x900
Keyboard SilverCrest MTS2218
Mouse SilverCrest MTS2218
PSU James's PSU's
Case James's Cases
Cooling James's Colling Systems
Hard Drives James's Hard Drives
Internet Speed 4MB/S
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