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Howard - 11 May 2008 02:29 GMT

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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Robert Comer - 11 May 2008 03:03 GMT

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.

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>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.
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>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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I Green - 13 May 2008 19:38 GMT

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

> 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.
[quoted text clipped - 15 lines]
> 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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Steve Jain - 13 May 2008 21:53 GMT

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

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

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Steve Jain - 13 May 2008 21:59 GMT

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.

>I not been able to use notebooks sucessfully with virtualization due the
>limited capabilities of the machines.
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>> 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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Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
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I do not work for Microsoft.

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Colin Barnhorst - 14 May 2008 00:55 GMT

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

>I not been able to use notebooks sucessfully with virtualization due the
> limited capabilities of the machines.
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>> Laptop
>> at the point when it begins to install Windows XP PRO?

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