Virtual PC 2004 vs 2007

Menno Hershberger

"Lang Murphy" <> wrote in
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> "Menno Hershberger" <> wrote in message
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>> "Lang Murphy" <> wrote in
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>>><snip>
>>>> I installed Virtual PC 2007 in Vista and all of them work except
>>>> Windows 98. It hangs right after the splash screen goes away.
>>>> If I go back into XP and run it, then it runs scandisk and works
>>>> normally.
>>><snip>
>>>
>>> Well... if your 98 VM runs Scandisk in XP, then one must assume
>>> there's something wrong with the VHD. That it blows up in VPC 2007?
>>> No clue... but I would think if you can get it to run in VPC 2004
>>> without it running Scandisk, that it would run OK in VPC 2007.
>>
>> It runs scandisk in XP because it didn't shut down properly when I
>> was trying it in Vista. If I run it twice in a row in XP, then it is
>> OK the second time.
>>
>
> So... have you tried using the VM when it's in the "not running
> Scandisk" state?

Yes, of course. I can run it as many times as I want in XP without any
problems. But when I try to run it in Vista, it never makes it to the
desktop. Possibly it *is* making it to the desktop but the video is
crapping out. At any rate, I have to shut off the virtual machine to get
out of it. And of course that puts it back in the "run Scandisk" state.
Just for kicks, I'll do it again and instead of shutting it down, I'll
use "Save state" and then see what it does in XP.

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Menno Hershberger

Menno Hershberger <> wrote in
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> "Lang Murphy" <> wrote in
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>> "Menno Hershberger" <> wrote in message
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>>> "Lang Murphy" <> wrote in
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>>>
>>>><snip>
>>>>> I installed Virtual PC 2007 in Vista and all of them work except
>>>>> Windows 98. It hangs right after the splash screen goes away.
>>>>> If I go back into XP and run it, then it runs scandisk and works
>>>>> normally.
>>>><snip>
>>>>
>>>> Well... if your 98 VM runs Scandisk in XP, then one must assume
>>>> there's something wrong with the VHD. That it blows up in VPC 2007?
>>>> No clue... but I would think if you can get it to run in VPC 2004
>>>> without it running Scandisk, that it would run OK in VPC 2007.
>>>
>>> It runs scandisk in XP because it didn't shut down properly when I
>>> was trying it in Vista. If I run it twice in a row in XP, then it is
>>> OK the second time.
>>>
>>
>> So... have you tried using the VM when it's in the "not running
>> Scandisk" state?
>
> Yes, of course. I can run it as many times as I want in XP without any
> problems. But when I try to run it in Vista, it never makes it to the
> desktop. Possibly it *is* making it to the desktop but the video is
> crapping out. At any rate, I have to shut off the virtual machine to
> get out of it. And of course that puts it back in the "run Scandisk"
> state. Just for kicks, I'll do it again and instead of shutting it
> down, I'll use "Save state" and then see what it does in XP.

OK... I'm on to something. Running 98 under XP, I renamed my
autoexec.bat and config.sys files, and unmapped all my network drives.
Then when I got back into Vista, 98 booted up OK. Now it's just a matter
of adding stuff back until I find the hangup. Mapped drives may be a
problem when trying to run the same virtual PC under two operating
systems. I'll bet that's it. I really don't have time to mess with it
anymore right now, but when I figure it out, I'll post back. Thanks for
following along with me!

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Lang Murphy

"Menno Hershberger" <> wrote in message
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> Menno Hershberger <> wrote in
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>> "Lang Murphy" <> wrote in
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>>> "Menno Hershberger" <> wrote in message
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>>>> "Lang Murphy" <> wrote in
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>>>>
>>>>><snip>
>>>>>> I installed Virtual PC 2007 in Vista and all of them work except
>>>>>> Windows 98. It hangs right after the splash screen goes away.
>>>>>> If I go back into XP and run it, then it runs scandisk and works
>>>>>> normally.
>>>>><snip>
>>>>>
>>>>> Well... if your 98 VM runs Scandisk in XP, then one must assume
>>>>> there's something wrong with the VHD. That it blows up in VPC 2007?
>>>>> No clue... but I would think if you can get it to run in VPC 2004
>>>>> without it running Scandisk, that it would run OK in VPC 2007.
>>>>
>>>> It runs scandisk in XP because it didn't shut down properly when I
>>>> was trying it in Vista. If I run it twice in a row in XP, then it is
>>>> OK the second time.
>>>>
>>>
>>> So... have you tried using the VM when it's in the "not running
>>> Scandisk" state?
>>
>> Yes, of course. I can run it as many times as I want in XP without any
>> problems. But when I try to run it in Vista, it never makes it to the
>> desktop. Possibly it *is* making it to the desktop but the video is
>> crapping out. At any rate, I have to shut off the virtual machine to
>> get out of it. And of course that puts it back in the "run Scandisk"
>> state. Just for kicks, I'll do it again and instead of shutting it
>> down, I'll use "Save state" and then see what it does in XP.
>
> OK... I'm on to something. Running 98 under XP, I renamed my
> autoexec.bat and config.sys files, and unmapped all my network drives.
> Then when I got back into Vista, 98 booted up OK. Now it's just a matter
> of adding stuff back until I find the hangup. Mapped drives may be a
> problem when trying to run the same virtual PC under two operating
> systems. I'll bet that's it. I really don't have time to mess with it
> anymore right now, but when I figure it out, I'll post back. Thanks for
> following along with me!
>
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> --- Long live Fat32! ---


My pleasure... thanks for following up!

Lang