My first Virtualization Experience.
When I first decided to jump into the Win 8 Dev. Preview I decided, based on recommendations of fellow members in the Windows Secrets Lounge, to install Win 8 Dev preview into a virtualization environment. I downloaded Virtual Box from Oracle and attempted to install it in my Win 7 Ultimate OS. The first error I got was my system did not have virtualizations enabled. When I looked at my Bios, there was no area to enable virtualization. I was told I would have to update my Bios to allow this. When I looked at my PC with Win 7, there was no Bios update offered. Then I remembered (Look at my pic, I'm old and gray. Had to get my brain cell to fire.), my PC originally came with Vista and I upgraded (clean install) to Win 7 Ultimate. When I checked my PC with Vista, low and behold there was the Bios update. Flashed the Bios and I was able to enable virtualization. Success, Virtual Box installed properly and I was able to install Win 8 within the virtual environment.
Last edited by Ted Myers; 1 Day Ago at 05:43 AM.
Operating System Win 7 Ultimate (Win 8 on Virtual Box)
OS Service Pack Win 7 Ultimate SP1
Internet Explorer Version IE 9 (IE 10 on Virtual Box)
DirectX Version 9.0
Computer Type Sony Vaio VGN-FW465J
CPU Type and Speed Intel P8700, 2.53 GHz
System BIOS Revision R3110Y
System Memory Type DDR2 (PC2-6400)
System Memory Speed 400 MHz
Video Card Type and Speed ATI Radeon Mobility HD 4650, 400 MHz
Computer Monitor Sony Vaio Laptop
Sound Card Realtek built in
Hard Drive Toshiba MK3254GSY, 320 Gb
Optical Drives Optiarc DVD-R BC-5500S4
Network Adapter Intel WiFi Link 5100AGN
Printer Canon Pixma MP620 wireless
Anti-virus Software MSE
Productivity Suite Office 2010
Computer Skill Level Self-Taught Expert
Windows Experience Index 5.9