Hyper-V on Desktop (Same PC as is running the Guest OSs)

Question

Desperately searching for a way to run Hyper V (non-Windows role) (Type 1 - Baremetal.)  on my desktop machine and run ALL OS's as guests. I like the idea of just running the VMS without another OS running the Hypervisor and the HV running the guest
OS. Waste of resources plus Windows 8.1 Recovery is dodgy at best. VMs can be copied and snapshotted with ease.
Can this be done ????
Thanks,
Pat Garvey
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Answer 1

Hi,
Hyper-V is the full virtualization technology, Microsoft only support Hyper-V install on the bare metal computer. You can try install the multi version system on the same
disk then boot up the needed system then install the Hyper-V role.
More information:
How to install Windows Server 2012 with GPT partition on a clean hard drive?
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/2d897851-9aec-4377-b798-86a38a3e72f1/how-to-install-windows-server-2012-with-gpt-partition-on-a-clean-hard-drive?forum=winserver8setup
Installing Windows on a GPT disk
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/05798532-d8c0-4f9e-b12f-58d3a0ee4c07/installing-windows-on-a-gpt-disk?forum=w7itproinstall
Hard Drives and Partitions Overview
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh825122.aspx
"windows cannot be installed on this disk. The selected disk is of the GPT partition style."??
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-windows_install/windows-cannot-be-installed-on-this-disk-the/8fa72a3e-10c5-47da-a040-1e0db62af309?auth=1
Hope this helps.
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