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  Installing the Hyper-V Beta
Time: 00:03 EST/05:03 GMT | News Source: Microsoft | Posted By: Kenneth van Surksum

Ben Armstrong: A couple of people have already posted on how to get going with the Hyper-V beta - but I thought I would try and do a detailed step-by-step guide.


"Hyper-V requires an x64-based processor, hardware-assisted virtualization, and hardware data execution protection."

But on top of this you also need to have a motherboard / BIOS that "does the right thing".  Generally speaking if you have an x64 Intel processor that supports hardware virtualization you are good to go. 

If you have an x64 AMD processor you need to be aware of this issue: http://techreport.com/discussions.x/13721.  Unfortunately this requires a BIOS update and it is hard to tell if your motherboard manufacturer has addressed this issue or not.  If you already have a system you can run the tool from here: http://www.cpuid.com and look at the "Stepping" value on the CPU page.  If the "Stepping" is 2 you need the BIOS fix.  If it is 3 or higher then you are good to go.

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