Determine if my PC supports HW virtualization

Question

How, in general, is it possible to determine if a PC supports hardware virtualization? I use VirtualPC to configure parallel test environments, and I would like speed acceleration.

Answer 1

Download this: http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

Also check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_virtualization

Edit: Additionally, I know this for XEN, but the instructions are the same for all virtual machines that need hardware support. http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/HVM_Compatible_Processors

I can't try this from work, but I'm sure it can determine if you have Intel VT or AMD-V instructions. Intel will have the instruction "vmx", and AMD will have the "svm".

On linux you can check / proc / cpuinfo, "egrep" (vmx | svm) '/ proc / cpuinfo "

Answer 2

First of all, you need to start VPC, open "Options" and see if the HW virtualization option is available.

If not, you can still use it. On many computers, HW virtualization is disabled in the BIOS. If you think this is the case, you will need to confirm that your mfg processor supports MW virtualization, and then learn from your mfg BIOS how to enable this feature.

@Nick which processor do you have?

Answer 3

Try cpu-z or SecurAble on windows or on linux, cat /proc/cpuinfo and find the flags: vmx (Intel) or svm (AMD)

All of them will tell you if this equipment supports it, but, as others have said, it should be included in the BIOS. (But first, checking will avoid unnecessary rebooting ...)

Answer 4

Try enabling this option in VirtualPC. If it does nothing (or the option is unavailable), then your computer does not.

Answer 5

Try enabling this option in VirtualPC. If it does nothing (or the option is unavailable), then your computer does not.

In order for this option to be enabled, some PCs require a BIOS installation. I could not find this BIOS setting on my machine, but again there are many options for combing. Presumably this is a function of the CPU chipset or motherboard, so there should be a list of CPUs supporting it.

Answer 6

You can look in the device BIOS. It indicates whether the device supports hardware virtualization. You can run programs such as virtual PCs even if the machine does not support HW virtualization, but if the machine supports it, the program uses these extensions.

Answer 7

Your processor does NOT support hardware virtualization, but others claim you can still run virtualization tools.

http://www.intel.com/products/processor_number/chart/pentium_d.htm

Answer 8

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_virtualization the first place I would check