Vista 5308 Build Install Times

M

Matt Tinney

Hi,
Does anyone know how long it usually takes to complete the installation
process of Vista build 5308 on Virtual PC? It seems to be taking forever and
was wondering if there are any tips to troubleshooting on whether it is
stuck.

Thanks,
-Matt
 
T

Tom Porterfield

Matt said:
Hi,
Does anyone know how long it usually takes to complete the installation
process of Vista build 5308 on Virtual PC? It seems to be taking forever
and was wondering if there are any tips to troubleshooting on whether it
is stuck.
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For me it took about 5 hours. I have heard reports from others that it has
taken 2 and 3 times that long. Install is extreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeemly
sloooooooooooooooooooooow under Virtual PC. Once installed, performance
will suffer until you install the Virtual Machine Additions from Virtual
Server 2005 R2. In fact, you will find the experience is better if you use
Virtual Server rather than Virtual PC
(http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/virtualserver/software/default.mspx).
 
J

Josh

I agree...right now VMWare is way better for performance...i get install
times in comperable times as physical and faster when using a mounted iso.
 
Z

Zack Whittaker

I'd definately recommend upgrading to Beta 2 - it's much better performance
as a whole :blush:)

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Z

Zack Whittaker

Couldn't tell if that was sarcastic or not... but I'll give you the benefit
of the doubt. I'm presuming if he's got 5308, he's likely to have an MSDN
subscription. If so - he can download Beta 2 now :blush:)

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C

Colin Barnhorst

In any case, use the vm additions from VSR2 and not the VPC additions. Perf
will be much better.
 
G

Guest

Vista Beta 2 Build 5384 installed on Athlon 64 3200+ (2GHz) w/2GB RAM took
over 6-1/2 hours to install. Performance is worse than PC/XT. Even with
VPC/VMA added, optimized for performance, 1 GB RAM on VM, it's awful. I'm
not really keen on rushing out to buy a PCI-X video card in hopes it'll
significantly improve things.

-AS
 
G

Guest

Following up, switching from VIrtual PC to Virtual Server 2005 R2 (Standard
Edition) yields a dramatic improvement.

Installation time (including installing VM Additions) was 1:15. This
represents a time savings of at least 5 hours.

"Feel" of the machine is much better; still not what I'd like but much better.

FWIW,

-AS
 

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