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03-17-2009
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| | Windows 7 onto VPC sp1 The way I understand, I should be able to install my DVD of Windows 7 (beta) onto a Virtual PC. I have 2 instances of Virtual machine 64 bit (sp1). When I try to custom install from the CD, I can't see either VPC to install to, only the C & D drives. I'm supposed to see an "other" option but no luck there. Please help me install windows 7 into a Virtual machine. HP pavilion laptop Vista Premium 64 bit (I know, no support) 4 G ram |
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03-17-2009
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| | Re: Windows 7 onto VPC sp1 On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:25:10 -0400, "Willie" <Willie-A@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >The way I understand, I should be able to install my DVD of Windows 7 (beta) >onto a Virtual PC. I have 2 instances of Virtual machine 64 bit (sp1). When >I try to custom install from the CD, I can't see either VPC to install to, >only the C & D drives. I'm supposed to see an "other" option but no luck >there. Please help me install windows 7 into a Virtual machine. >HP pavilion laptop >Vista Premium 64 bit (I know, no support) >4 G ram it. There won't be any C or D drive until you start the installation. I'm not sure what you mean about the "other" option. When you create a new VM, use Vista as the OS in the new VM wizard, not Other. -- Cheers, Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP http://vpc.essjae.com/ |
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03-17-2009
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| | Re: Windows 7 onto VPC sp1 "Willie" <Willie-A@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:O3E82h2pJHA.2392@xxxxxx Quote: > The way I understand, I should be able to install my DVD of Windows 7 > (beta) onto a Virtual PC. I have 2 instances of Virtual machine 64 bit > (sp1). When I try to custom install from the CD, I can't see either VPC to > install to, only the C & D drives. I'm supposed to see an "other" option > but no luck there. Please help me install windows 7 into a Virtual > machine. VPC = Virtual PC, which is an application, a piece of software. Its purpose is to create and manage virtual machines. When you say you have "2 instances of Virtual machine 64-bit (sp1)", what do you mean? When installing a guest operating system, you need to go through the following procesure: 1) Launch the Virtual PC application 2) Create a new virtual machine, specifying the settings most appropriate to the operating system that you intend to install - in the case of Windows 7, choose "Vista" 3) Start the newly created virtual machine 4) Capture the boot media from the CD menu in the Virtual PC console 5) Reboot the virtual machine - it will then boot from the boot media and begin the installation process. -- Mark Rae ASP.NET MVP http://www.markrae.net |
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03-17-2009
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| | Re: Windows 7 onto VPC sp1 "Mark Rae [MVP]" <mark@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:Ovb$6y2pJHA.6132@xxxxxx Quote: > "Willie" <Willie-A@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:O3E82h2pJHA.2392@xxxxxx > Quote: >> The way I understand, I should be able to install my DVD of Windows 7 >> (beta) onto a Virtual PC. I have 2 instances of Virtual machine 64 bit >> (sp1). When I try to custom install from the CD, I can't see either VPC >> to install to, only the C & D drives. I'm supposed to see an "other" >> option but no luck there. Please help me install windows 7 into a Virtual >> machine. > Please clarify what you mean... > > VPC = Virtual PC, which is an application, a piece of software. Its > purpose is to create and manage virtual machines. When you say you have "2 > instances of Virtual machine 64-bit (sp1)", what do you mean? > > When installing a guest operating system, you need to go through the > following procesure: > > 1) Launch the Virtual PC application > > 2) Create a new virtual machine, specifying the settings most appropriate > to the operating system that you intend to install - in the case of > Windows 7, choose "Vista" > > 3) Start the newly created virtual machine > > 4) Capture the boot media from the CD menu in the Virtual PC console > > 5) Reboot the virtual machine - it will then boot from the boot media and > begin the installation process. > > > -- > Mark Rae > ASP.NET MVP > http://www.markrae.net Sorry about my terminology. It's obvious I'm a > greeny (St. Pat pun intended). I was told after creating the virtual machines all I needed to do was boot from the DVD and it would offer to install to the virtual mach, but it couldn't see the mach to install to it. I will try your steps now. Thanks for the quick reply |
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03-17-2009
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| | Re: Windows 7 onto VPC sp1 "Steve Jain [MVP]" <noreply.-@-.essjae.com> wrote in message news:8rk0s4pfno509u8or7c23p8o2s9b816oak@xxxxxx Quote: > On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:25:10 -0400, "Willie" <Willie-A@xxxxxx> > wrote: > Quote: >>The way I understand, I should be able to install my DVD of Windows 7 >>(beta) >>onto a Virtual PC. I have 2 instances of Virtual machine 64 bit (sp1). >>When >>I try to custom install from the CD, I can't see either VPC to install to, >>only the C & D drives. I'm supposed to see an "other" option but no luck >>there. Please help me install windows 7 into a Virtual machine. >>HP pavilion laptop >>Vista Premium 64 bit (I know, no support) >>4 G ram > You should just create a new VM and install Windows 7 directly into > it. There won't be any C or D drive until you start the installation. > > I'm not sure what you mean about the "other" option. > When you create a new VM, use Vista as the OS in the new VM wizard, > not Other. > > -- > Cheers, > Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP > http://vpc.essjae.com/ copy of Windows 7 (beta) and in their presentation they installed to a virtual machine directly from the DVD. When it reached the point of where to install, the computer's dives were offered, but lower it said "other". That is where we were to select the virtual machine |
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03-18-2009
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| | Re: Windows 7 onto VPC sp1 On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:25:06 -0400, "Willie" <Willie-A@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > >"Mark Rae [MVP]" <mark@xxxxxx> wrote in message >news:Ovb$6y2pJHA.6132@xxxxxx Quote: >> "Willie" <Willie-A@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:O3E82h2pJHA.2392@xxxxxx >> Quote: >>> The way I understand, I should be able to install my DVD of Windows 7 >>> (beta) onto a Virtual PC. I have 2 instances of Virtual machine 64 bit >>> (sp1). When I try to custom install from the CD, I can't see either VPC >>> to install to, only the C & D drives. I'm supposed to see an "other" >>> option but no luck there. Please help me install windows 7 into a Virtual >>> machine. >> Please clarify what you mean... >> >> VPC = Virtual PC, which is an application, a piece of software. Its >> purpose is to create and manage virtual machines. When you say you have "2 >> instances of Virtual machine 64-bit (sp1)", what do you mean? >> >> When installing a guest operating system, you need to go through the >> following procesure: >> >> 1) Launch the Virtual PC application >> >> 2) Create a new virtual machine, specifying the settings most appropriate >> to the operating system that you intend to install - in the case of >> Windows 7, choose "Vista" >> >> 3) Start the newly created virtual machine >> >> 4) Capture the boot media from the CD menu in the Virtual PC console >> >> 5) Reboot the virtual machine - it will then boot from the boot media and >> begin the installation process. >> >> >> -- >> Mark Rae >> ASP.NET MVP >> http://www.markrae.net Sorry about my terminology. It's obvious I'm a >> greeny (St. Pat pun intended). >I was told after creating the virtual machines all I needed to do was boot >from the DVD and it would offer to install to the virtual mach, but it >couldn't see the mach to install to it. I will try your steps now. >Thanks for the quick reply machine from the DVD. When you start a newly created virtual machine from within the VPC2007 application, the virtual machine has no operating system yet installed so it is looking for bootable media. Often at this time the DVD in the host drive is not "captured" yet to the virtual machine and so it is not seen. At this point you should capture the optical drive of your host to the running virtual machine, this can be done from the pop-up meny tat appears if you right-click the CD icon in the bottom border of the virtual machine window. Next you need to reboot *the virtual machine*, this is easy to do from the Action menu of the running virtual machine. Now it should boot up te DVD and install of Win7 starts. -- Bo Berglund (Sweden) |
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03-18-2009
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| | Re: Windows 7 onto VPC sp1 "Willie" <Willie-A@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:u1gooH3pJHA.824@xxxxxx Quote: Quote: >> I'm not sure what you mean about the "other" option. >> When you create a new VM, use Vista as the OS in the new VM wizard, >> not Other. > I attended an FACUG/APCUG conference this weekend and they distributed a > copy of Windows 7 (beta) and in their presentation they installed to a > virtual machine directly from the DVD. When it reached the point of where > to install, the computer's dives were offered, but lower it said "other". > That is where we were to select the virtual machine Virtual PC (or any other virtualisation software) works. A virtual machine is exactly the same as a physical machine in terms of the software (OS and apps) running on it. When installing an OS on a virtual machine, you need to start up that virtual machine first. Just like installing an OS on a physical machine. You can't begin the installation process on the host and then somehow point at a virtual machine... I wonder if you're getting confused with the page of the virtual machine creation wizard where you tell it which OS you're about to install? That does indeed have an option of "Other"... -- Mark Rae ASP.NET MVP http://www.markrae.net |
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