Vista - Virtual Pc or dual boot to keep W2K on vista home prem 64bit

hey guys i like reading these. Maybe you can help me. I have a new vista
home premium 64 bit system that will not run my canon printer/fax/copier,
dymo printer and hp scanner and maybe some more items.
I keep reading that I can dual boot or set up a virtual pc. MS has what
sounds like a virtual pc program that would do the job but in all i can
discover they do not mention "home premium 64 bit" as compatible.
If i were to dual boot I think i want to just add another hard drive.
any help from you would be appreciated.

"rangerbud" <rangerbud@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Not quite - Vista Home Premium Edition (32-bit or 64-bit) aren't officially
supported host OS for Virtual PC, but they work perfectly well.

However, this will probably be of no use to you if your devices are USB
only, as Virtual PC doesn't support USB devices other than those which can
be accessed via standard networking e.g. USB hard disks etc. Scanners etc
generally don't work at all...
Adding another hard drive would mean that you wouldn't have to partition
your existing hard drive, so that's probably a good idea...


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rangerbud wrote:rangerbud:

You can run Virtual PC on Vista Home Premium 32 or 64 bit (even though it is not
a supported host platform), but unfortunately Virtual PC guests cannot access
the USB ports.

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Wow that was fast and very helpful. I think I am beginning to narrow this
down.
Even though the guest cannot access the usb - would I be able to set up a
network of some sort and be able to print using the network?

Do you think it would be best to dual boot using the additional hard drive?
And would I then be able access a file created in Vista (of something I
wanted to print and use w2k to print it) and scan something in w2k and move
it to vista and work with it there?
I guess I am asking is it possible to share files between the two OS's?

Its kinda bad that none of my equipment which is still great do not have
vista drivers. In fact I bought a 22" X2gen monitor a few months ago and when
I went to look for vista drivers discovered they declared bankruptcy so it
won't even work with my new computer.

thanks again


"David Wilkinson" wrote:

Wow that was fast and very helpful. I think I am beginning to narrow this
down.
Even though the guest cannot access the usb - would I be able to set up a
network of some sort and be able to print using the network?

Do you think it would be best to dual boot using the additional hard drive?
And would I then be able access a file created in Vista (of something I
wanted to print and use w2k to print it) and scan something in w2k and move
it to vista and work with it there?
I guess I am asking is it possible to share files between the two OS's?

Its kinda bad that none of my equipment which is still great do not have
vista drivers. In fact I bought a 22" X2gen monitor a few months ago and when
I went to look for vista drivers discovered they declared bankruptcy so it
won't even work with my new computer.

thanks again


"Mark Rae [MVP]" wrote:

"rangerbud" <rangerbud@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Stop for a second... The very reason that you're even considering
virtualisation in the first place is because your USB devices are not
compatible with Vista, specifically because there are no Vista drivers for
them. Even if you were to set up a network, what would you connect these
devices to...?
As I said, a second drive would mean that you wouldn't have to partition
your existing drive...
Probably, though there have been reports of earlier versions of Windows
corrupting files / partitions created with Vista's NTFS... You could always
create a separate partition on the new hard drive and format it as FAT32 and
just use it for file sharing. However, if you intend to do this regularly
(i.e. once a day or more), you're going to get seriously hacked off with
constantly having to reboot the machine into the other partition...

Also, you should be aware that Microsoft discontinued mainstream support for
Windows 2000 almost four years ago:
http://support.microsoft.com/lifecyc...ilter=FilterNO


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ASP.NET MVP
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"rangerbud" <rangerbud@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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That doesn't make any sense to me. If you could install the USB device
in the vm guest you could certainly share it to the OS running in the host
machine using normal file and printer sharing.

How can you install the device in the vm if the vm can't see it?

Bill Grant wrote:Perhaps one of those "USB over Network" solutions could help?
Not sure if there is anything that supports Vista x64 though..

"Sergei Zhirikov" <sfzhi@xxxxxx> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:#jA38BWfJHA.5316@xxxxxxIt doesn't have to; that one can run on the Virtual W2K. In that case, the
USB devices are routed throug the OS via the network, and not via the
virtualization driver.

I could connect my USB printer to the VMs as well.

Best wishes,
Jan

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In article <#jA38BWfJHA.5316@xxxxxx>, sfzhi@xxxxxx
says...One could try VirtualBox 2.1.2
I use it on Vista64 for Linux VMs.

I have read there is installing W2k issue,
caused by bug in w2k disk driver ( AFAIK ),

but is is also said to be workarounded.

and VBox supports USB and is free.

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