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System Requirements

To restore your Windows XP files and folders from the Windows.old folder, the Windows 7 computer should meet the following system requirements:

  • Minimum 1 GHz x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) Intel-compatible CPU. If you are going to restore x64 (64-bit) Windows XP files and programs from the Windows.old folder, the processor of the Windows 7 computer should support hardware virtualization.

    Note : If your processor supports hardware virtualization, you may need to enable this feature in BIOS of your computer.

  • Minimum 1GB RAM. 2GB RAM or more is recommended.
  • The amount of free disk space required to restore the Windows XP data from the Windows.old folder should be equal to the size of the Program Files and Documents and Settings folders located in the Windows.old folder. For example, if the size of the Program Files and Documents and Settings folders is 30GB, you will need 30GB of free disk space on the system disk (the disk where Windows 7 is installed) to restore the Windows XP files and programs from the Windows.old folder.

    Note : If in the Windows.old folder you have two Program Files folders - Program Files and Program Files (x86) - you should calculate the size of both the Program Files and Program Files (x86) folders.

  • The recommended amount of memory assigned to a virtual machine is 512MB-1GB.
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