I have a mac powerbook g3 laptop and have successfully installed Virtual PC on. My problem is that when I open Virtual PC it just comes up with a black Virtual PC programme window. Once its done that I am unable to do any thing with Virtual PC because its frozen and in order to get out of the programme I have to force quit it. What do I do to get it to run windows 98? (I have both the Virtual PC disk and the windows 98 disk).
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How do I install windows 98 so Virtual PC can run it
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Which Mac OS are you trying to run Virtual PC on? If you are locking up then something went wrong with the install, or doesn't like the version of Mac OS you are using.
Hugh
It's a G3 for crying out loud. It is old. 98 will probably bring it to its knees.
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Hugh: Mac OS 9.1.
SandboxGeneral: I have some old game (pandoras box and lego loco) that I would like to be able to play.
balamw: when OS 9 was in style my dad had virtual PC running quite nicely on Mac OS 9 but he has forgotten how to install the windows system so that Virtual PC can run it.
SandboxGeneral: I have some old game (pandoras box and lego loco) that I would like to be able to play.
balamw: when OS 9 was in style my dad had virtual PC running quite nicely on Mac OS 9 but he has forgotten how to install the windows system so that Virtual PC can run it.
Some Full (ie Not an Upgrade) Windows 98 CDs are bootable. My Windows 98 SE cd is bootable. I have no idea how the upgrades work, like do you have to have 95 installed first.
Or can you just make a Windows 95 DOS Boot disk and go from there. It's been a long time since I've played with VPC, I only played with it a few times because it was so slow on my G4 tower.
Sorry I'm not much help, but if you get your hands on a full 98 (SE only?) disk that is bootable, you are all set.
Hugh