Installing Vista in Microsoft Virtual PC - not working

I have tried to install Vista Beta from the DVD I got in the Action Pack into
Microsoft Virtual PC but it gets to the point where it copies the files and
then just stops. I allotted a 1GB of RAM within Virtual PC.
I have a P4 3.00Ghz machine with 2GB RAM.
Has anyone out there had any success in installing Vista into Virtual PC?

As to virtual PC you did not say what version of VPC you're using but see
if this guide
helps you--it's been getting Vista up and running on this group so far:

http://www.computerperformance.co.uk...tualpc2004.htm

You also mentioned the Vista DVD and for that the download and burn often
need to be repeated; if not the download the burn and the CRC checking
utility lets you know this:

Reburn Option:

1) Burn slowly. 4X should be fine. Some of this probably varies with the
DVD writer
and the media.

2) Make sure to select an ISO tab if there is one on the burning software,
and make sure to close the session on the burn.

3) Try this tweak on your Windows XP drive and burn from there:

Get to Dev Manager by typing devmgmt.msc in run/win key + pause break or
Rt.click My Computer>Prop>hardware tab>Device Manager if you like 5 steps
instead of one cmd. If you're set to PMI here change to DMO and if set to
DMO change to PMI using these 5 steps:

1) Click the + in front of IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers

2) Double Click the Secondary IDE Controller

3) Click Advanced Settings

4) Under Device 1  Next to Transfer Mode choose DMA (or vise versa)>Click
OK

5) Reboot your System

6) Check your burn with a CRC utility and the links for this are below
including the direct Taco Bell link. It is very classy, sophisticated, and
very Wagner Edstrom/McCann Ericson esque for MSFT to adopt a Taco Bell url
for their public Beta 2 CRC checker.

Obtain CRC Utility for Vista Beta 2 Here: (The CRC utility is a way to check
the integrity of the ISO Burn which is probably where your problem
lies--it's #1 on the list):

Here's a link:

The CRC utility for Beta 2 is contained here (Scroll down to the bottom
under "Additional Information"

Microsoft® Windows® Software Development Kit (SDK) for Beta 2 of Windows
Vista and WinFX Runtime Components
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Additional Information:

To verify that your download of an ISO file for the Windows SDK Beta 2 build
is not corrupt, download the CRC Utility. (Note: this is not a Microsoft
application. Use at your own risk.)

To run the CRC test, open a command prompt and run the utility. providing it
the name of the file (i.e. crc
c:\6.0.5383.1.1.WindowsSDK_Vista_idw.DVD.Rel.img) The CRC utility will run
two tests on the ISO: it will verify if the ISO is valid, and it will give
the AutoCRC signature for the file. The AutoCRC signature for the Windows
SDK Beta 2 ISO is 0x28434EEF. You should also confirm the size of the ISO is
correct: 1.14 GB (1,229,355,008 bytes).

If it fails any of these three tests, re-download the ISO.

I really like the direct link to it though if you right click CRC here>left
click Properties:
http://tacobell.iexbeta.com/longhorn/crc.exe



Good luck,

CH


"geniusoflvb" <geniusoflvb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:90D791FF-A8D5-4A27-AD7E-315AD8861900@microsoft.com...

>I have tried to install Vista Beta from the DVD I got in the Action Pack
>into
> Microsoft Virtual PC but it gets to the point where it copies the files
> and
> then just stops. I allotted a 1GB of RAM within Virtual PC.
> I have a P4 3.00Ghz machine with 2GB RAM.
> Has anyone out there had any success in installing Vista into Virtual PC?

I have successfully installed Vista Beta 2 (DVD from Technet event, Build
5384) into VPC 2004 (not SP1) and got it working. Virtual machine is 1 GB
with 16 GB VHD. VHD utilization is 60%. (Note, take the additional time to
fix the VHD. Otherwise, VHD extension will kill your performance.) Host
machine is 3 GHz Dell with 2 GB RAM and 160 GB disk.

Install is sloooow. (Start install and go to a movie.) Performance is not
too hot either but I don't know whether the cause is Beta or VPC. Just for
added fun, I also installed Office Pro 2007 Beta. (Start install and go to
dinner.)

Several posters think Virtual Server 2005 R2 is a better host, but I haven't
tried. Hope this helps and good luck.

"geniusoflvb" wrote:

> I have tried to install Vista Beta from the DVD I got in the Action Pack into
> Microsoft Virtual PC but it gets to the point where it copies the files and
> then just stops. I allotted a 1GB of RAM within Virtual PC.
> I have a P4 3.00Ghz machine with 2GB RAM.
> Has anyone out there had any success in installing Vista into Virtual PC?

Why aren't you using SP1 for VPC? Things would go a little faster. They
would go even faster if you downloaded and installed Virtual Server 2005 R2.
It is free also. You can create the Vista vm faster and then just use it in
VPC if you want. Not only that but VS and VPC use some shared files so if
VS is also installed you get the benefit of later versions of the shared
files in VPC.

"Gwaller" <Gwaller@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6B8D80B7-507C-4CB8-83F2-DC341DA31CBA@microsoft.com...

>I have successfully installed Vista Beta 2 (DVD from Technet event, Build
> 5384) into VPC 2004 (not SP1) and got it working. Virtual machine is 1 GB
> with 16 GB VHD. VHD utilization is 60%. (Note, take the additional time to
> fix the VHD. Otherwise, VHD extension will kill your performance.) Host
> machine is 3 GHz Dell with 2 GB RAM and 160 GB disk.
>
> Install is sloooow. (Start install and go to a movie.) Performance is not
> too hot either but I don't know whether the cause is Beta or VPC. Just for
> added fun, I also installed Office Pro 2007 Beta. (Start install and go to
> dinner.)
>
> Several posters think Virtual Server 2005 R2 is a better host, but I
> haven't
> tried. Hope this helps and good luck.
>
> "geniusoflvb" wrote:
>

Good ideas. I have them but haven't gotten around to getting them installed.
Plus the added time to verify that all my existing VPC's work (including
non-Vista VPCs.)

"When I get a round tuit" <g>

Thanks for the advice.

gww

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

> Why aren't you using SP1 for VPC? Things would go a little faster. They
> would go even faster if you downloaded and installed Virtual Server 2005 R2.
> It is free also. You can create the Vista vm faster and then just use it in
> VPC if you want. Not only that but VS and VPC use some shared files so if
> VS is also installed you get the benefit of later versions of the shared
> files in VPC.
>
> "Gwaller" <Gwaller@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6B8D80B7-507C-4CB8-83F2-DC341DA31CBA@microsoft.com...

>
>
>

Just a heads up; the guests are called virtual machines or vm's, not VPC's.
VPC is the virtual machine manager program.

"Gwaller" <Gwaller@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A10435CB-D811-40BD-8959-04EE8022685B@microsoft.com...

> Good ideas. I have them but haven't gotten around to getting them
> installed.
> Plus the added time to verify that all my existing VPC's work (including
> non-Vista VPCs.)
>
> "When I get a round tuit" <g>
>
> Thanks for the advice.
>
> gww
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
>