64 bit Windows guest on a 64 bit Windows host?

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rkb
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64 bit Windows guest on a 64 bit Windows host?

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I am trying to create a Windows VM but it seems that the only options I have available are 32 bit versions of various Windows OS's. Do I need to do something special to enable 64-bit versions?

Thank you.
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Re: 64 bit Windows guest on a 64 bit Windows host?

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rkb
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Re: 64 bit Windows guest on a 64 bit Windows host?

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I was able to bring up the BIOS configuration but I could not find anything that seemed to touch on virtualization, 32bit/64bit, AMD, etc. Any hints? I am running on an HP XL506AV machine with an Intel i5-2400 CPU at 3.1 Ghz. The device driver reports that it is an ACPI x64-based PC.
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Re: 64 bit Windows guest on a 64 bit Windows host?

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I am afraid that would be a question for HP.
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Re: 64 bit Windows guest on a 64 bit Windows host?

Post by Martin »

A quick search in Google found this:
http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Business-P ... -p/5842323
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