what is the usage scenario for this ?
Somebody asks for help, that has old p4 unworkable, with lots of lost data. p4 that was working 2004-2016.
1. open p4 case and take out hardDisks.
2. put hdds in hddRack, and take their image. if required, and all sectors could not be read, use...
I thought that my old windows 7 32bit, with lot of usage history and appData is not upgradeable to windows 11, so i left it, and installed clean windows 11.
If i knew what i know now i wouldn't have done that but i would upgrade windows 7 32bit -> windows 11 64bit, transfer userData, programs...
It is just left to see whether kernel files are:
1. sse4.2
2. sse4a (+sse4.2 check only).
we need a list of sse4.2 instructions, that are not part of sse4a, and detect if they, and how common, appear in ntoskrnl.exe, hal.dll, other sys files.
By requirement i meant only checking cpuid if it supports sse4.2, not using any sse4.2 instruction, but only sse4a and popcnt.
There is high possibility that sse4.2 are not used but just checked for (so that check for sse4a popcnt would be easier).
Because having sse4a, I wander how much of other sse4.2 instructions, that are above sse4a, are used in kernel exe, dll, sys files. Best bet would be that almost non is used, that it uses up to sse4a only, and sse4.2 is used only as capability check, which could be removed.
if kernel exe...
yes, you can boot and run the latest (canary channel) win11/server, from mft bios(csm). 4 posts above you can see 7 pictures of 26058 being started and run that way (winLoad.exe). no complaints.
by using gParted iso, boot and create a single parititon on drive (from 1mb up until end)...
well, in case that it really uses sse4.2 and that it makes the whole windows faster because of it. there is no point to make windows slower for the whole world so that only few extra users could run it.