Is W7 the same on plain hard drive and on VM, or there are some different settings?

You know that most people having W7 have it installed in the hard drive. So do I.

But there is a doubt I have when installing W7 in a VM. Does all settings (registry keys, folders, configs, etc.) of the W7 in VM are just the same as those installed on HDD? Or there is a little difference like there are not some keys on the VM that are on the HDD?

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asked Aug 08 '10 at 11:59

ramosdelpalo9
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As far as the Windows installer knows, VM IS a PC. It can't tell the difference. The Windows installation will be identical to one on a physical PC. As I said, as far as Windows is concerned, it IS running on a physical PC. I would recommend Parallels 5 personally if you're going to use a virtual PC on a Mac.

answered Aug 08 '10 at 14:47

Peter Murphy
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