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**Adrian Wainer** · 08-30-2008

Quote: Originally Posted by johngalt

AFAICT, running VMWare 6.5b on my machine, you don't get *direct* access to the disc, you get a virtualized access to it through a SCSI driver, and this causes issues with disc copy protection schemes.

Thanks for that John much appreciated, of course when some folks are advertising VM as the all dancing all singing, walking, talkin and chewin gum at the same time solution to everything they don't mention little issues like that...

I'll give it a whiz then with the MS FSX Flight Simulator, as that software does not require a copy protection disk to be left in the drive.

Best and Warm Regards
Adrian Wainer

08-30-2008	#5 (permalink)
Adrian Wainer Vista 64 ultimate, Windows XP 32 Professional, Windows XP 64 Professional 124 posts	Re: Old XP installed on new host Vista system as a guest Quote: Originally Posted by johngalt AFAICT, running VMWare 6.5b on my machine, you don't get direct access to the disc, you get a virtualized access to it through a SCSI driver, and this causes issues with disc copy protection schemes. Thanks for that John much appreciated, of course when some folks are advertising VM as the all dancing all singing, walking, talkin and chewin gum at the same time solution to everything they don't mention little issues like that... I'll give it a whiz then with the MS FSX Flight Simulator, as that software does not require a copy protection disk to be left in the drive. Best and Warm Regards Adrian Wainer Last edited by Adrian Wainer; 08-30-2008 at 05:23 PM..
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