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Reboots during O/S installation

Source: microsoft.public.virtualpc
Sent: 05/10/2008
From: Howard
Message:

I am running Windows Vista Ultimate on a Dell Laptop. I am trying to install
an XP Pro Operating System in a Virtual PC machine.

I created the virtual machine. I created the virtual disk. The
installation of XP Pro starts from the CD. Windows Setup reads the CD and
displays all of the files that it is loading in preparation for doing the
installation. When Windows Setup has finished reading all of the files that
it needs from the CD, Windows Setup displays, in the Virtual PC window,
"Setup is starting Windows".

The very next thing that happens is that the screen goes black and the
Laptop reboots - not the Virtual PC, but the Laptop totally reboots.

I have tried two different versions of the XP PRO CDs - one is an OEM
version, one is the Dell "reinstallation CD". The reboot happens with both
versions.

What do I need to do to keep the virtual machine from rebooting the Laptop
at the point when it begins to install Windows XP PRO?

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Re: Reboots during O/S installation

Sent: 05/10/2008
From: Robert Comer <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

That's usually a driver problem on the host that can cause that, but
you may be able to get by it by turning off Hardware Virtualization
for that VM.

--
Bob Comer

On Sat, 10 May 2008 18:29:00 -0700, Howard
<(email address - cut out)> wrote:

Show quoted text

>I am running Windows Vista Ultimate on a Dell Laptop. I am trying to install
>an XP Pro Operating System in a Virtual PC machine.
>
>I created the virtual machine. I created the virtual disk. The
>installation of XP Pro starts from the CD. Windows Setup reads the CD and
>displays all of the files that it is loading in preparation for doing the
>installation. When Windows Setup has finished reading all of the files that
>it needs from the CD, Windows Setup displays, in the Virtual PC window,
>"Setup is starting Windows".
>
>The very next thing that happens is that the screen goes black and the
>Laptop reboots - not the Virtual PC, but the Laptop totally reboots.
>
>I have tried two different versions of the XP PRO CDs - one is an OEM
>version, one is the Dell "reinstallation CD". The reboot happens with both
>versions.
>
>What do I need to do to keep the virtual machine from rebooting the Laptop
>at the point when it begins to install Windows XP PRO?

RE: Reboots during O/S installation

Sent: 05/13/2008
From: I Green
Message:

I not been able to use notebooks sucessfully with virtualization due the
limited capabilities of the machines.

"Howard" wrote:

Show quoted text

> I am running Windows Vista Ultimate on a Dell Laptop. I am trying to install
> an XP Pro Operating System in a Virtual PC machine.
>
> I created the virtual machine. I created the virtual disk. The
> installation of XP Pro starts from the CD. Windows Setup reads the CD and
> displays all of the files that it is loading in preparation for doing the
> installation. When Windows Setup has finished reading all of the files that
> it needs from the CD, Windows Setup displays, in the Virtual PC window,
> "Setup is starting Windows".
>
> The very next thing that happens is that the screen goes black and the
> Laptop reboots - not the Virtual PC, but the Laptop totally reboots.
>
> I have tried two different versions of the XP PRO CDs - one is an OEM
> version, one is the Dell "reinstallation CD". The reboot happens with both
> versions.
>
> What do I need to do to keep the virtual machine from rebooting the Laptop
> at the point when it begins to install Windows XP PRO?
>

Re: Reboots during O/S installation

Sent: 05/13/2008
From: Steve Jain <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

On Tue, 13 May 2008 11:38:01 -0700, I Green <I
(email address - cut out)> wrote:

Notebooks work fine with VPC and HW virtualization as long as it has
been correctly implemented in the BIOS by the vendor.

--
Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/
I do not work for Microsoft.

Show quoted text

>I not been able to use notebooks sucessfully with virtualization due the
>limited capabilities of the machines.

Re: Reboots during O/S installation

Sent: 05/13/2008
From: Steve Jain <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

This isn't a requirement. I have been using VPC on notebooks long
before there was such a thing as CPU provided hardware virtualization.

Poor BIOS implementations of HW virt cause a lot of problems, but as
long as the vendor fixes this it's a non-issue, in fact, it's a
non-issue anyway since you don't need HW virt to run VPC and/or a VM.

On Tue, 13 May 2008 11:38:01 -0700, I Green <I
(email address - cut out)> wrote:

--
Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/
I do not work for Microsoft.

Show quoted text

>I not been able to use notebooks sucessfully with virtualization due the
>limited capabilities of the machines.
>
>"Howard" wrote:
>
>> I am running Windows Vista Ultimate on a Dell Laptop. I am trying to install
>> an XP Pro Operating System in a Virtual PC machine.
>>
>> I created the virtual machine. I created the virtual disk. The
>> installation of XP Pro starts from the CD. Windows Setup reads the CD and
>> displays all of the files that it is loading in preparation for doing the
>> installation. When Windows Setup has finished reading all of the files that
>> it needs from the CD, Windows Setup displays, in the Virtual PC window,
>> "Setup is starting Windows".
>>
>> The very next thing that happens is that the screen goes black and the
>> Laptop reboots - not the Virtual PC, but the Laptop totally reboots.
>>
>> I have tried two different versions of the XP PRO CDs - one is an OEM
>> version, one is the Dell "reinstallation CD". The reboot happens with both
>> versions.
>>
>> What do I need to do to keep the virtual machine from rebooting the Laptop
>> at the point when it begins to install Windows XP PRO?
>>

Re: Reboots during O/S installation

Sent: 05/13/2008
From: "Colin Barnhorst" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

What limitations? I run virtual machines just fine on two laptops, one with
hardware virtualization support and one without.

"I Green" <I (email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...

Show quoted text

>I not been able to use notebooks sucessfully with virtualization due the
> limited capabilities of the machines.
>
> "Howard" wrote:
>
>> I am running Windows Vista Ultimate on a Dell Laptop. I am trying to
>> install
>> an XP Pro Operating System in a Virtual PC machine.
>>
>> I created the virtual machine. I created the virtual disk. The
>> installation of XP Pro starts from the CD. Windows Setup reads the CD
>> and
>> displays all of the files that it is loading in preparation for doing the
>> installation. When Windows Setup has finished reading all of the files
>> that
>> it needs from the CD, Windows Setup displays, in the Virtual PC window,
>> "Setup is starting Windows".
>>
>> The very next thing that happens is that the screen goes black and the
>> Laptop reboots - not the Virtual PC, but the Laptop totally reboots.
>>
>> I have tried two different versions of the XP PRO CDs - one is an OEM
>> version, one is the Dell "reinstallation CD". The reboot happens with
>> both
>> versions.
>>
>> What do I need to do to keep the virtual machine from rebooting the
>> Laptop
>> at the point when it begins to install Windows XP PRO?
>>

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