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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?
Can I put Windows 8 in a VHD in Windows 7 Home premium?
Hello Mentasm, and welcome to Seven Forums.
Yes, you sure can. :)
Hope this helps,
- VirtualBox - Install Windows 8
- VMware Player - Install Windows 8
Virtual Hard Drive VHD File - Create and Start with at Boot
Shawn
Last edited by Brink; 05 Aug 2012 at 00:22. Reason: correction
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
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.
At Everyone but I've head some tutorial that you can't do a VHD boot in windows 7 home premium?
Sorry Mentasm,
Yes, you are correct. With Windows 7 Home Premium, you will only be able to use the 1st two links.
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?
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.
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