Does Windows 7's feature "Virtual Manager" requires VT/HT enable machine to configure VHD?
Was trying to tag this questiong as "Virtual Manger" but new here and dont have reputation to create a new tag.
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In Windows 7 you create virtual hard disks with Disk Manager. As I understand this, there is no CPU requirement for this (or for the ability to boot the system from a VHD). This functionality is native to Windows 7. Running virtual machines (including XP Mode) with Windows 7's Virtual PC does require VT-X support in the CPU (or the AMD equivalent). If this enforced in the Virtual PC installer then the requirement applies to configuring virtual machines, if it is only enforced on running a guest instance you might be able to configure a virtual machine on a system without hardware support (but this be, at best, rarely useful). | |||
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Actually, I think Virtual PC requires hardware virtualization to work, based on a completely unscientific test of installing it, then disabling VT. | |||
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