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The basic requirements of Windows 10 have been met and below is the current details of my system. So my question is whether the absence of EM64T and VT-X, that are otherwise considered important, affect the installation and working of Windows 10 in my system? Should I try to install Windows 10? I have a 64 bit AMD processor.

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So my question is whether the absence of EM64T and VT-X, that are otherwise considered important, affect the installation and working of Windows 10 in my system?

Neither of those extensions are required for Windows. They are both Intel extensions to x86, you have an AMD CPU, and your CPU has the AMD versions of those extensions.

Windows 8.1+ requires a CPU with support for the following x86 extensions

  1. CMPXCHG16B

  2. PREFETCHW (connected to AMD's 3DNow! instruction set)

  3. LAHF AND SAHF (related to 64-bit)

  4. Enhanced Virus Protection

Your CPU does support NX-Bit which is required to run Windows 8.1+

Enhanced Virus Protection, sometimes called NX-bit

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Should I try to install Windows 10? I have a 64 bit AMD processor.

See the below explaination from this answer.

You generally only need to be concerned about these instructions if you have a processor that predates the above. The Get Windows 10 app will tell you if you can upgrade to Windows 10. If the processor doesn't meet requirements, you'll get "The CPU isn't supported."

Just use this application to determine if system can or cannot run Windows 10. The RTM build of Windows 10 has identical hardware requirements as Windows 8.1 hence the reason I linked to them.

Source:

AMD E1-Series E1-1200

Windows 10 64-bit requirements: Does my CPU support CMPXCHG16b, PrefetchW and LAHF/SAHF?

System requirements - Windows 8.1

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