Windows 8 as a Host: Running Other Operating Systems Inside Windows 8

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You can install a virtualization host program so that you can run other operating systems inside Windows 8. Microsoft’s Hyper-V product is included with the 64-bit versions of Windows 8 Professional and Windows 8 Enterprise editions. Hyper-V is Microsoft’s industrial-strength VM system used across the Windows Server product line. In this section, we show you how to activate Hyper-V (which by default is not enabled), how to create new virtual machines (VMs), and how to convert an existing physical installation of Windows into a VM that you can then run inside Windows 8. ...

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