Virtual PC 2007

[Charles Shapiro]

Looking for some assistance with VPC 2007. Installed Vista, installed and
configured VPC 2007, rebooted and installed XP. The machine will only boot
XP, so I installed VPC 2007 on XP but when it try to open the virtual PC it
hangs at the prompt that has to do with the network card. I see it display
the MAC address in that DOS window, but it never goes any further.

Obviously I did something wrong as I can't get back to Vista. I almost
expected a dual boot situation.

Appreciate any help getting this configured.

Thanks.

..Chip..

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi Charles,

When you installed XP, you overwrote Vista's bootloader. Boot the system
with the Vista disk, run a startup repair to fix it.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[Charles Shapiro]

Thanks Rick. That was the answer. I am now once again booting the Vista
operating system.

When I try to run VPC 2007, it still hangs looking for something network
related. DHCP I think. Any ideas on that?

Thanks.

...Chip..

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

Depends on how you have the vpc configured and what type of connection you
are using. Try disabling the simulated network card and see if it starts
better.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[Charles Shapiro]

Tried all of the options related to the network adapter. Can you point me
to some instructions for setting this virtual machine up?

I read in this newsgroup about NIC drivers causing a problem, but it was a
BSOD issue. Maybe different NIC drivers could help me too?

Thanks for your help!

...Chip..

 

[Charles Shapiro]

Dummy me. Vista had all the help I needed! I am making a new XP disk to
install into the VM. Should have it up and running soon.

That appears to have done it. I have the XP startup running, just like as I
was installing it normally! Now copying files! We're on our way!

Thanks again for your help!

...Chip..