Windows 8.1 x64 installation without PrefetchW Support?
I'm having Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz Processor with 2GB RAM. While trying to install Windows 8.1 Pro 64-Bit i gave me an error saying that the processor is not compatible with Windows 8.1 Pro 64-Bit .I checked the system requirements and found that my processor doesn't support PrefetchW but all the other requirements are supported.
HTT * Hyperthreading enabled
X64 * Supports 64-bit mode
NX * Supports no-execute page protection
PAE * Supports > 32-bit physical addresses
SSE2 * Supports Streaming SIMD Extensions 2
CX16 * Supports CMPXCHG16B instruction
PREFETCHW - Supports PREFETCHW instruction
Note : '*' means it's there(supports) and '-' means it's not there(doesn't support)
I know i'm asking a poor question. But i want my old processor to run Windows 8.1 64Bit anyway. Is there any way to run Windows 8.1 64 bit without PrefetchW support?
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no, this is not possible. The only way to install Windows 8.1 on this CPU is to use the 32Bit (x86) Version which is recommend when only using 2GB of RAM.
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