Windows 8 on VHD in Windows 7 Home Premium

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    Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit
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    Windows 8 on VHD in Windows 7 Home Premium


    Can I put Windows 8 in a VHD in Windows 7 Home premium?
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  2. Posts : 71,977
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #2

    Hello Mentasm, and welcome to Seven Forums.



    Yes, you sure can. :)
    Hope this helps,
    Shawn
    Last edited by Brink; 05 Aug 2012 at 00:22. Reason: correction
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  3. Posts : 7,466
    Windows 10 Home Premium 64bit sp1
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    Brink said:
    Hello Mentasm, and welcome to Seven Forums.



    Yes, you sure can. :)
    Hope this helps,
    Shawn

    I want to try this but upgrading to more ram would be a good idea
    8Gbs wouldnt cut it / also would you be able to use a full version of win 8 in VM mode too ?

    If not understandable but i want to just test it and really see for myself but from a far it looks bland and basic really

    I appologize for asking a question when it isn't my thread but mind you The Op got me interested in what he is trying to do so sorry if i stepped on any toes
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  4. Posts : 71,977
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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    Hello Tommy,

    No problem. Yes, you sure can. I'm using VMWare Player, and just used the Windows 8 ISO to install it as per the tutorial just like you normally would Windows but inside the WMWare Player instead. :)

    Your system having 8GB of RAM is plenty. If you use the 32-bit Windows 8, then you could set the VM (guest) to use say 3GB when you have it opened so as to leave 5 GB for your Windows 7 (host).
    From what I'm hearing below, the final RTM version of Windows 8 is going to be the real plain looking one.
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  5. Posts : 8
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    At Everyone but I've head some tutorial that you can't do a VHD boot in windows 7 home premium?
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  6. Posts : 71,977
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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    Sorry Mentasm,

    Yes, you are correct. With Windows 7 Home Premium, you will only be able to use the 1st two links.
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  7. Posts : 8
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit
    Thread Starter
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    Is there any other way for me to boot Windows 8 developer preview from my VHD? since using a virtual machine will make the windows 8 slower. + I only have an i3 processor which has 2 cores and 3.2ghz and 2gb of ram. and I don't know if the VM would be enough if I try to run Vs2012.

    Are there any 3rd party programs that wll let me boot from VHD?

    also for example if I installed windows 8 successfully in my VHD how would I use it if the boot from VHD is not available ofr Windows 7 home premium?
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    Multi-Boot W7_Pro_x64 W8.1_Pro_x64 W10_Pro_x64 +Linux_VMs +Chromium_VM
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    fyi

    I just installed VMware Player (free) so i could test Win 8.
    I could not get Win 8 to install in a VM.
    It kept giving an error "Could not read the Product Key from the unattended script file".
    Something like that, unfortunately i did not grab a screen print with the exact message.

    I then tried to install Win 7 x64 and it installed without any problems.
    I then tried to install Win 8 x64 and it installed without any problems - as the second VM OS.

    So, for me with a new install of VMware Player, i could not install Win8 as the FIRST VM OS.

    I'm running Win 7 x64 Ultimate as the Host OS on this PC with 4GB RAM.
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  9. Posts : 8
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit
    Thread Starter
       #9

    What I ment was Windows 8 might run slow in a Virtual Machine
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  10. Posts : 6,330
    Multi-Boot W7_Pro_x64 W8.1_Pro_x64 W10_Pro_x64 +Linux_VMs +Chromium_VM
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    mentasm said:
    What I ment was Windows 8 might run slow in a Virtual Machine
    I agree, and i just added my experience so far, fwiw.

    I'm running this on my TEST box using an old AMD Athlon x64 dual core with 4 GB Ram.
    I don't see 4GB RAM as practical for running VM's and expecting "good performance".
    But, I'm not testing Win 8 performance right now, just Win 8 usability.
    For that, i can work with this system as is for now.

    With 2 GB RAM, i'm not sure what you can expect...or if it will work
    Try it and see.

    I made a System Image Backup before i started testing this on my PC...

    hth,
    David
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