Need help using Virtual PC 2004

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Kevin J. Nielsen

I have Windows XP home. I know it is not supported by virtual pc 2004 but
it installed anyway and I created a virtual machine and a virtual hard
drive.

When I run my virtual machine, I can boot to dos using a floppy but
when I try to install an operating system, I cannot because no hard drive
exists. I do have a CD rom drive existing as drive c: in the virtual
machine but no hard drive. I tried all the letters up to k: and it isnt
there.

Does anyone know how I can get my virtual hard drive to show up in my
virtual machine? Or is it just that I need XP professional for it to work
properly?

I am buying Windows XP 64 professional, is it the same as windows xp
professional and will virtual pc 2004 work on it?

Thank You

Kevin Nielsen
 
Kevin J. Nielsen said:
I have Windows XP home. I know it is not supported by virtual pc
2004 but it installed anyway and I created a virtual machine and a
virtual hard drive.

When I run my virtual machine, I can boot to dos using a floppy
but when I try to install an operating system, I cannot because no
hard drive exists. I do have a CD rom drive existing as drive c: in
the virtual machine but no hard drive. I tried all the letters up
to k: and it isnt there.

Does anyone know how I can get my virtual hard drive to show up
in my virtual machine? Or is it just that I need XP professional
for it to work properly?

I am buying Windows XP 64 professional, is it the same as
windows xp professional and will virtual pc 2004 work on it?

Thank You

Kevin Nielsen
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You should not install products on unsupported operating systems.

No, Virtual PC 2004 will not work on the x64 version of Windows XP
Professional

Minimum system requirements are clearly stated at
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/evaluation/sysreqs.mspx

If you wish to use the x64 version of the Windows XP operating system
as the host OS for Virtual PC then you will have to use the still in
development (beta) Virtual PC 2007.
see
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx
 
From: "Mike Brannigan" <Mike.Brannigan@localhost>

< snip >

Is this the SAME Mike B. that I am thinking of ?
 
From: "Mike Brannigan" <Mike.Brannigan@localhost>

| Possibly ? :-)
|

If yes.... Did you leave your "past" position for a new one ?
 
VPC will run on XP Home OK. It's only unsupported in the sense that no
testing was done on that platfiorm, so the official line is that if it breaks
you get to keep both pieces.

VPC simulates a real computer to a remarkable degree of fidelity; you can
boot it from a DOS floppy, or (somewhat more conveniently) use an .iso of a
bootable CD as a virtual A: drive. Or 'capture' the real CD drive. From that
point you can run a setup in any of the usual ways, in most cases the setup
isn't even 'aware' that it's being run virtually.

Downsides are: Rather slow even on a powerful PC, and needs loads of RAM. No
USB.

Really big plus point is that you can take a .VHD file from one computer and
put it onto another, where it will continue as if nothing has changed.
Because it hasn't. Try that with Vista!
 
David H. Lipman said:
From: "Mike Brannigan" <Mike.Brannigan@localhost>


| Possibly ? :-)
|

If yes.... Did you leave your "past" position for a new one ?
Click to expand...

Hi Dave, Indeed I did :-)
 
From: "Mike Brannigan" <Mike.Brannigan@localhost>


| Hi Dave, Indeed I did :-)
|

I figured as much as the email I sent failed for no recipient.

It is GOOD see to see 'ya, albeit in a different capacity.

Good Luck there and all the best to 'ya !!

PS: Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. :-)
 
Just like a real PC, you must partition and format the virtual hard drive
before you can use it.
 
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