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    Acer 5738z misdiagnosed

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by woodmanbw, Sep 16, 2011.

  1. woodmanbw

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    My acer has a Pentium Dual core T4300, 2.10 GHz. 64 Bit. Running Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit.
    I have tried to install Windows 8 Beta to Virtual Box and vmware . Both have returned error messages saying that my system does not support 64 bit programs. Can any body explain why? Thanks.
     
    woodmanbw, Sep 16, 2011
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    To install a 64-bit guest in a virtual machine, you need a CPU with Intel VT support. AFAIK no Pentium Dual Core supports VT - you need to install a Core 2 Duo.
     
    .NetRolller 3D, Sep 16, 2011
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    Windows 64bit does not yet work wıth Virutal machine, as far as I know.
     
    tuηay, Sep 16, 2011
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    Thanks for those replies. Virtual Box does work, I have Windows xp and Ubuntu installed so its just the Windows 8 64 bit that throws it. I'll try the 32 bit version.
     
    woodmanbw, Sep 17, 2011
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    It is a issue with Windows 8 64-bit.
     
    tuηay, Sep 17, 2011
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