Thanks for the quick response.
Yes I know they do but unless I have a VPC already cretated eg a 100GB vista
VPC to restore to it does work. My question is how do I a "virtual drive"
without actually loading an OS onto it.
The sequence is -
1. Create a virtual PC then start it
2. Boot off SD recovery CD within the VPC
3. SD then prompts for source image
4. SD then prompts for destination
this is were the problem is. As the VPC has not yet got a formatted drive SD
returns an error that it can't use unallocated space.
The problem is I need to be able to format the drive prior to trying to
restore.
I suppose I will have to find an XP system create a floopy with the format
command on it and boot from floppy within the VPC...maybe
TIA
"Benjamin Armstrong [MSFT]" wrote:
Quote:
> Assuming you are talking about this product:
> http://www.storagecraft.com/products...rotectDesktop/
>
> They provide a recovery CD that you should be able to use to boot the
> virtual machine, and then recover the backup.
>
> Cheers,
> Benjamin Armstrong
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> MrLew wrote: Quote:
> > I use Shadow Protect for backup and want to be able to restore to a Virtual
> > PC in an emergency. If I have an existing VPC it is no drama I simply restore
> > over the existing PC. But I want to create a blank virtual drive to then
> > restore the Shadow Protect image to. I assume I simply have a floppy to
> > format the virtual pc but how do I format for a Vista PC in absence of any XP
> > CDs etc.
> > From - Fri
>