Vista - RE: Reboot and Select proper Boot device...

03-05-2009

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Very simple fix, really. No questions about what OS you're trying to load... we don't need to know that.

I have both an XP Home and Professional with SP3 disc. Both of them were unrecognizable in the CD drive by Virtual PC, no matter what I did. Tried to copy both CD's to the desktop and got errors on both.

Found an easier solution.

Opened Toast and made a copy of the XP Pro disc. Saved it to the desktop. The extension, however, was ".toast", so I simply went in and changed it to ".dmg", which is the image format VPC can use. I went to Virtual PC's "Capture CD Image" on the Drive pulldown menu, found my newly duplicated .dmg file and selected it.

Windows XP Pro SP3 is installing as I type.

I did, however, have a hang when I tried something similar on a separate HD image last night. For some reason my mouse doesn't work when it gets to around 33 minutes on the install and asks for keyboard layout. I'm not sure what the fix for this would be, but would appreciate your help!

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03-05-2009	#1 (permalink)
Phillip Ramirez n/a posts	RE: Reboot and Select proper Boot device... Quote: > Hello, > > I just installed VirtualPC 2004, and the SP1 on my WinXP Pro computer. When > I try to start the virtual PC, I get this message: > "Reboot and Select proper Boot device > or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device" > > > How do I fix this? > > TIA. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Very simple fix, really. No questions about what OS you're trying to load... we don't need to know that. I have both an XP Home and Professional with SP3 disc. Both of them were unrecognizable in the CD drive by Virtual PC, no matter what I did. Tried to copy both CD's to the desktop and got errors on both. Found an easier solution. Opened Toast and made a copy of the XP Pro disc. Saved it to the desktop. The extension, however, was ".toast", so I simply went in and changed it to ".dmg", which is the image format VPC can use. I went to Virtual PC's "Capture CD Image" on the Drive pulldown menu, found my newly duplicated .dmg file and selected it. Windows XP Pro SP3 is installing as I type. I did, however, have a hang when I tried something similar on a separate HD image last night. For some reason my mouse doesn't work when it gets to around 33 minutes on the install and asks for keyboard layout. I'm not sure what the fix for this would be, but would appreciate your help! Posted via http://www.VirtualServerFaq.com - Brought to you by Business Information Technology Shop - http://www.bitshop.com
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