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My computer has Windows 8.1 Single Language, but I need at least Pro to enable Hyper-V. I have a Windows Embedded 8.1 Industrial Pro ISO and a Dreamspark key, but I have all my data on my hard drive so I don't want to format/upgrade (no upgrade because it's risky).
Will that work ? I have a i5 CPU that supports hardware virtualization.
Ave
Posted 2014-09-26T17:31:22.887
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Actually, I was wrong in my comment about it working.
Yes, the Windows 8 itself will install and work just fine, but you won't be able to start another hypervisor in it, because VirtualBox doesn't yet support nested virtualization which is required to start a virtual machine inside another one, and the Windows Phone emulator appears to be a VM running on Hyper-V.
In your case the best solution is to install your Windows 8 copy on your computer itself, or to try other virtualization solutions such as VMware which support nested virtualization (I don't know if the trial version support it though).
Oh, thanks for the fast answer, I'll install it now. – Ave – 2014-09-26T17:33:51.530
And by the way, if it takes hours then there's a problem (hardware virtualization disabled/not working). From my experience a Windows 7 install in a VM takes 20 minutes, Windows 8 may take even less. – None – 2014-09-26T17:34:58.337
My old computer was a total garbage. It used to take 1-2 hours. Visual studio was even more... I hope this one will be faster... – Ave – 2014-09-26T17:36:45.627
It probably didn't support HW virtualization and falled back to software virtualization which is bloody slow. – None – 2014-09-26T17:37:34.447
It did. Lol. I used to use emulator on it :P But it had celeron. 1,2 ghz lol. – Ave – 2014-09-26T17:38:32.060
not opening, but installing. (I'll make this one a chat.) – Ave – 2014-09-26T17:41:48.200