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Virtual PC 5x Crashes OS
Name: Basil Date: October 27, 2002 at 15:12:50 Pacific OS: 10.2.1 CPU/Ram: G4 400MHz 1.1GB
Comment:
Help Please! I just bought and installed Virtual PC with XP Pro. Starting XP crashed my OS 9.1 and OS 10.2 and had to reinstall both. I'm afraid to retry, fearing I will crash the OS again. (Also afraid I dumped $230 on this software. )
Name: the pickle Date: October 27, 2002 at 16:55:38 Pacific
Reply:
Have you tried contacting Connectix tech support?
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Response Number 2
Name: Wayne Date: October 27, 2002 at 18:51:15 Pacific
Reply:
Virtual PC uses the expanding drive technology so that as the need for drive space increases so does the drive image. If you Put this type of drive on the same partition as your boot system and it crashes, it will typically take the boot OS with it.
! thing you must do before running VPC5 in 10.2.1 is update VPC5 to 5.0.4. This will fix some minor issues with compatibility.
The best favor you could do for yourself is get VPC on a partition by itself. You can just do this the next time you have to reinstall as it is probably too much of a pain to do right now. If VPC crashes on it's own partition you can just format it and reinstall VPC with no ill effects to your OS.
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Response Number 3
Name: basil Date: October 28, 2002 at 05:05:05 Pacific
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Thank You! I do have v. 5.0.4. I haven't yet called connectix, but I/m not sure it gave me the option to install on a different partition or drive. I tried to install it on an external firewire drive, but only the Virtual PC program made it there. The Windows XP Pro OS wound up on the internal drive. Thanks again.
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