Dumb XP Virtual Machine within Vista Question

[Jay Somerset]

If I install XP as a virtual machine under Vista, will XP still
overwrite the MBR on the system drive or is the entire XP boot process
virualized?

Any difference using VirtualBox, VMware, etc.?

 

[Paul Smith]

If I install XP as a virtual machine under Vista, will XP still
overwrite the MBR on the system drive or is the entire XP boot process
virualized?

The whole thing is virtualized, the only hard disk it'll be able to see is
the virtual hard disk it creates, which is just a file on your real file
system.

Any difference using VirtualBox, VMware, etc.?

They all work the same way as far as I know.

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[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

Everything is virtualized. A benefit of some of the other products is that
some include support for USB peripherals. Virtual PC does not.

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Best of Luck,

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[DevilsPGD]

In message <[email protected]> mb76

Having just done it using Virtual PC 2007, I can confirm that the entire
XP installation is virtualised.
Only problem I've got is the only XP disk I have is SP1, currently
installing 61 updates and no sign of SP2 yet!

You're probably going about that backward, if you install the service
pack first you'll probably find a lot less updates needed.

 

[Jay Somerset]

Hi,

Everything is virtualized. A benefit of some of the other products is that
some include support for USB peripherals. Virtual PC does not.

Thanks to you and the others who responded.