Virtual PC 7 not recognizing XP CD?

#1 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 - 18:59 68kMLA

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.

#2 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 - 19:29 68kMLA

Well, I am currently switching over to the MDD to try it. Will report back in a few.

#3 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 - 19:34 68kMLA

Strange, doesn't want to read the CD on the MDD, either.

#4 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 - 20:01 68kMLA

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.

#5 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 - 23:19 68kMLA

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

#6 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 - 00:24 68kMLA

WHOOO! IT worked!

Made an image from the CD, converted it from .CDR to .ISO and it worked!

#7 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 - 03:48 68kMLA

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.