Windows XP 32 bit on Windows 7 64 bit OS?

[GodAtum]

Hi all,

Can I install Windows XP Mode 32 bit on a Windows 7 64 bit OS? It would be great to have some compatibility for my old programs.

many thanks,
GodAtum

 

[manpacker]

I believe the virtual windows XP is a 32bit version, and i have it running on my win7 x64 just fine. Able to connect with 32bit drivers too (main purpose for me is to sync my old palm m500)

I noticed it to be quite sluggish in performance though...

 

[GodAtum]

Many thanks for the reply. What spec is your machine? I'm hoping to get 6Gb of RAM and I have an Intel i7 920.

I'm hoping to use iTunes, IE8 with flash and Empire Total War on my XP VM as I'm not sure they will work with Windows 7 64 bit.

 

[Brink]

Hello GodAtum, and welcome to Seven Forums.

Yep, the XP virtual machine is 32-bit, but you need to install either the same 32-bit or 64-bit Windows XP Mode for the 32-bit or 64-bit Windows 7 that you are running.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[GodAtum]

Hello GodAtum, and welcome to Seven Forums.

Yep, the XP virtual machine is 32-bit, but you need to install either the same 32-bit or 64-bit Windows XP Mode for the 32-bit or 64-bit Windows 7 that you are running.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Many thanks, that's made it much clearer! Would you say the performace of XP Mode in Win7 x64 is sluggish?

 

[Brink]

It really depends on how much horsepower your computer has to run both the XP virtual machine and your main host (Windows 7), but yeah it can be a bit slower since it is a virtual machine instead of a separate installation.

With you having 3GB of RAM total, that can slow you down depending on how much Memory you have assigned to the VM in the VM settings and left for the host..

 

[GodAtum]

It really depends on how much horsepower your computer has to run both the XP virtual machine and your main host (Windows 7), but yeah it can be a bit slower since it is a virtual machine instead of a separate installation.

With you having 3GB of RAM total, that can slow you down depending on how much Memory you have assigned to the VM in the VM settings and left for the host..

Thanks for the advice . Hopefully I'll get 6Gb of RAM soon and I'll install Win7 x64 and see if any of my programs work.

 

[Brink]

You're welcome GodAtum. I hope that they do.

 

[henryg]

I'm hoping to use iTunes, IE8 with flash and Empire Total War on my XP VM as I'm not sure they will work with Windows 7 64 bit.

There's a 64bit version of iTunes v811 which works well on my 64 bit installation, and it happily shares the same 'database' with my 32 bit XP dual-boot install; music location is not on the c: drive obviously.

Can't help about the game.

 

[polycue]

Hello GodAtum, and welcome to Seven Forums.

Yep, the XP virtual machine is 32-bit, but you need to install either the same 32-bit or 64-bit Windows XP Mode for the 32-bit or 64-bit Windows 7 that you are running.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Hi Shawn,

If you create a virtual machine with the 64 bit windows virtual pc can you later open it with a 32 bit windows virtual pc from another partition?

 

[Brink]

Hi Patrick,

Yes, you will be able to. You will need to create the virtual machine again, but when you get to step 5 in the tutorial below, select "Use an existing virtual hard disk" option instead. Next, select the VHD file for the same virtual machine.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/8254-windows-virtual-pc-create-virtual-machine.html

 

[polycue]

Hi Patrick,

Yes, you will be able to. You will need to create the virtual machine again, but when you get to step 5 in the tutorial below, select "Use an existing virtual hard disk" option instead. Next, select the VHD file for the same virtual machine.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/8254-windows-virtual-pc-create-virtual-machine.html

Hi Shawn,

Thanks for the accurate answer, it checks out at this end.

When I get my SATA controller card will I be able to move the virtual machine to an external SATA drive and do this without losing the activation status?

 

[Brink]

Yes, you can move the VHD file for the virtual machine to the external SATA drive. Afterwards, you would need to change the virtual machine's settings to point the Hard Disk 1 to the new location of the VHD though.