I have an Intel E7300 Core2 Duo processor with 2.66GHz speed. I need to run a 64-bit WinXP SP2 VMWare image. My host operating system is Win 7. So I just installed the VMPlayer from www.vmware.com.
The problem is when I run the VM image it says This host doesn't support VT.
If I continue I see Windows shows an error message saying
Attempting to load an x64 operating system, however this CPU is not compatible with x64 mode.
My question is how do I run this VM without buying a new processor?
Any other tools or software?
Best Answer
Intel Core 2 Duo E7300 doesn't have Virtualization Technology (VT) support. Intel's website has a whole list of which processors support VT-x here.
So you cannot run 64-bit operating systems in a virtual environment. You will have to use a different processor which supports VT-x (or AMD-V in case of AMD processors).