Usman Mubashir asks:
I’ve tried some software including VMware player and MS Virtual PC, but all have some kind of issue with the Windows and they do not function properly. VMware player works at first, but when I load an image to install Window on a virtual drive, the window crashes.
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System: Windows 8
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System: Windows 8
Tagged: best software, virtual machine, virtualization, windows 8
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Rajaa Chowdhury
December 29, 2012Usman,
Microsoft has ported that feature alongwith Windows 8 Prof and Enterprise editions. The feature is known as Hyper V. Kindly read the link on how to enable it. http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows8/windows-8-client-virtualization-144786
Also checkout these two links on how to enable and configure Window 8 Hyper V (I hope you are using a Win 8 Prof) :
http://winsupersite.com/article/windows8/windows-8-feature-focus-client-hyperv-142889
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh857623.aspx
December 29, 2012Yes I have PRO.
December 29, 2012What I want is:
1> run windows XP on virtual environment.
2> be able to mount all imge types.
Yes, logically should work with Hyper V. In windows 7, you must be already aware of the Windows XP mode that Microsoft supported with Virtual PC. In windows 8, they have now upgraded that feature to Hyper V.
December 31, 2012Ahad Shabbir
December 29, 2012How to much RAM do youn have on your PC?
I really don’t think RAM has any problem with that, I have 4 Gigs
December 29, 2012susendeep dutta
December 29, 2012Did you tried VirtualBox -
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
This software has all features of VMware Workstation edition.
ha14
December 29, 2012perhaps for hardware reasons it fails, you should give more power.
Usman Mubashir
December 29, 2012Well, I guess there is no issue with the virtual PC softwares, the problem lies in the window, when Hyper V is active, I cannot load images on a virtual CD-Drive. Hope MS solves this issue soon.
Meanwhile, I’m now using Windows Hyper V utility, thanks to Rajaa Chowdhury, and just hope that when I disable Hy[er V, I will be able to use Powr ISO again.