Tambourineman
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i have never setup a virtual machine before. I got a parity error and rather than diagnose, I bought a new mobo, CPU and RAM only to learn the problem was the PSU so I got a new one of those also. My old Win 7 Ult would not install and since I was going to have to install all my programs anyway, I decided to also upgrade to Win 8.1.
Some programs will not install on Win 8.1 54bit, especially my HAVA Platinum "HD" software.
Windows 8 began development in 2009 and was released in 2011, but Vulkano had not yet updated its software to Windows 8. LOL
So I'm thinking of putting my old Win 7 in a virtual machine on my Win 8.1, but I will only need this occasionally (mornings on the weekends in the summer).
I realize that hard drive space will have to be permanently dedicated and that's no problem, nor is a network adapter.
The problem is that I only have 8 GB of RAM. My question is if I do not start the VM, will I still have my 8 GB? I assume yes, but I do not know if when Hyper V is installed whether it grabs whatever I initially assign it regardless of whether I open it up and run it, or not.
Also, my Win 8.1 is 64 bit. Can I set up the Win 7 virtual machine as 32 bit so as to reduce the memory needed as 32 bit needs less than 64bit.
Some programs will not install on Win 8.1 54bit, especially my HAVA Platinum "HD" software.
Windows 8 began development in 2009 and was released in 2011, but Vulkano had not yet updated its software to Windows 8. LOL
So I'm thinking of putting my old Win 7 in a virtual machine on my Win 8.1, but I will only need this occasionally (mornings on the weekends in the summer).
I realize that hard drive space will have to be permanently dedicated and that's no problem, nor is a network adapter.
The problem is that I only have 8 GB of RAM. My question is if I do not start the VM, will I still have my 8 GB? I assume yes, but I do not know if when Hyper V is installed whether it grabs whatever I initially assign it regardless of whether I open it up and run it, or not.
Also, my Win 8.1 is 64 bit. Can I set up the Win 7 virtual machine as 32 bit so as to reduce the memory needed as 32 bit needs less than 64bit.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- 8.1
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- DIY - self built
- CPU
- i5 4690
- Motherboard
- GIGABYTE|GA-Z97X-UD3H-B
- Memory
- 8GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- palit GTX460
- Browser
- Pale Moon
- Antivirus
- bitdefender