No matter - it boots to the Windows 7 side. I have been selecting Safe Mode but have tried Start Normally and Last Known Good Configuration. The choice is there but, if I select it, I get a very brief (less than 1 second) BSD and it automatically reboots, does a brief POST, eventually gets to Windows Boot Manager and then presents the Advanced Boot Options. However, I am now mired in a curious little 'challenge' in that my Windows Boot Manager no longer will boot into the Windows XP SP3 machine. So, I booted into My windows 7 64-but machine and installed both VWare Player 3.1.2 and VMware Converter 4.3. I downloaded the VMware CPU ID utility and my AMD chip passed - it's an Athlon 64 3800+ Rev E3 and apparently supports longmode operation. Thanks a bunch for your helpful suggestions.

Thanks to anyone who can help me with these questions? If you prefer to email me my email address is Ron Murch. If I set up Player to run in the 64-bit Windows 7 Professional environment, will it run 32-bit versions of Windows XP and Ubuntu? If I set up Player to run in the 32-bit Windows XP SP3 environment, can I install 64-bit OS versions and run them as 64-bit?ĥ. Are all hardware devices shareable among all virtual machines under Player?Ĥ. Once set up, can I migrate the other Windows environment to VMware Player without losing any applications? Using vCenter Converter?ģ. Is the 32-bit version more robust than the 64-bit version?)Ģ. Which version of Windows would be the best choice to set up VMware Player? (i.e. The key 'architectural' questions I have are:ġ. However, the 64-bit side has more capability. The drivers are more robust on the 32-bit side. I'd like to set up VMware in one of the machines and migrate the other one to run as a virtual machine.

There are two monitors and there is plenty of HDD space available on 2 drives. The basic PC is based on an AMD Athlon 3800+ processor (about 5 years old) so no multi-core capabilities. I wish to install VMware Player on a PC currently set up as dual-boot with both Windows XP SP3 32-bit and Windows 7 Professional 64-bit. I'm (very) new to VMware and have found that the initial documentation does not help me with some fundamental architectural decisions.

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