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Posted by: BGoins12 on 2012-01-17 10:59:56
So this is driving me nuts. I bought a new in box copy of Virtual PC 7 at the flea market for $10! Problem is, I can't get the dang eMac to pick up the XP Professional CD. I followed the instructions it gave me, and it says "OS not found. "Install an OS on this hard drive" and Reboot and select proper boot device, which I am. Anyone know why it's doing this? I know there's nothing wrong with the drive or the CD. Any ideas on this?
Computer is a 1.42GHz eMac with 2 gigs of RAM running Leopard.
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Posted by: BGoins12 on 2012-01-17 11:29:40
Well, I am currently switching over to the MDD to try it. Will report back in a few.
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Posted by: BGoins12 on 2012-01-17 11:34:42
Strange, doesn't want to read the CD on the MDD, either.
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Posted by: BGoins12 on 2012-01-17 12:01:56
Ok, it doesn't recognize W98, 2000, XP Pro or Ubuntu/Kubuntu. But it recognizes Vista. It will get to press any key to boot, and then it says it cannot be installed on this PC. I know that since it's not programmed to accept Vista.
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Posted by: jruschme on 2012-01-17 15:19:32
The problem is that, IIRC, host CD access is broken under Leopard. Try using Disk Utility to image the XP install CD and install from that. See http://www.macwindows.com/VPC7.html#121407d.
JR
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Posted by: BGoins12 on 2012-01-17 16:24:12
WHOOO! IT worked! 😎
Made an image from the CD, converted it from .CDR to .ISO and it worked!
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Posted by: techknight on 2012-01-17 19:48:44
I run VPC on my imac G5 1.9ghz, and actually its surprisingly quick in windows 2000. XP is a bear, so i dont bother as runs about as slow as a spyware riddled environment on an atom PC.
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