On Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:33:01 -0700, MrLew
<MrLew@xxxxxx> wrote:
Quote:
>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
When you use the VPC2007 wizard to create a new virtual machine you
vill be prompted to ether use an existing virtual hard disk or create
a new one. If you select new, then you will be given the opportunity
to define the size and type of this virtual hard disk.
Select dynamically expanding and set it to the max size (130 Gb).
When you have finished you have the empty virtual machine you need
complete with the empty big hard drive.
Just boot up with the SD recovery disk and go from there.
I can't believe that the SD boot disk requires the target hard disk to
be partitioned and formatted to be able to restore onto it, if so I
suggest you switch to another backup system....
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Bo Berglund (Sweden)