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Is it possible for a copy of Windows to run on a Raspberry Pi?

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Former Member over 12 years ago

Hello i was wondering if it was possible to run either windows 8 or windows xp on a Raspberry Pi model B 512mb.

 

ever since i bought my Raspberry Pi i was always thinking of if my thought would be possible. Being a raspberry Pi it does not have the function to boot off a memory stick to install a copy of windows therefore that stopped my train of thought.

 

please someone will you be able to help me with my problem and either do a well documented walkthrough on a blog or would someone be able to make a video dissussing the topic and how to acheive this... thank you lloydpheasant.

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  • SGarciaV
    SGarciaV over 12 years ago +1
    I agree with Coder27. Since Raspberry Pi runs Linuz the question could changed to "Can Windows xp/8 run on Linux?". Surprisingly, the answer to this yes, but with certain reservations. The hardware that…
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    Former Member over 12 years ago in reply to Former Member +1
    One big issue is that MS has a requirement that Arm devices running Windows8 must run UEFI firmware and have secure boot enabled, I'll refrain from lighting that particular flame-fest here, but it should…
  • hawkeyethehacker
    hawkeyethehacker over 11 years ago in reply to Former Member +1
    As someone who works on embedded platforms I have two things to say: Please, spell correctly so other people can understand you We know computers work on binary, however the problem is how said computer…
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    0 Former Member over 12 years ago

    no, it isn't possible.  Windows XP requires an x86 cpu, but the RPi has

    an ARMv6 cpu.  There are some versions of Windows that do support ARM,

    but not the ARMv6.   Using emulation software has been tried, but the

    results are far too slow to be remotely practical.

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    0 Former Member over 12 years ago

    no, it isn't possible.  Windows XP requires an x86 cpu, but the RPi has

    an ARMv6 cpu.  There are some versions of Windows that do support ARM,

    but not the ARMv6.   Using emulation software has been tried, but the

    results are far too slow to be remotely practical.

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