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Windows 7 in Virtual PC ?

I have a couple of installs. You need to go into the Bios for the VM you create and make sure ACPI is switched on.
 
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Windows 7 needs an ACPI enabled BIOS , this is done in Virtual PC 7 (Microsoft) by pressing Fn-Delete when the PC starts.
You will then enter the BIOS like on a PC and there you have a setting ACPI aware/enable (see screenshot) ,then save your settings and exit the BIOS.

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thefriendshipmachine said:
thats too bad! I only have a 2004 powerbook but I just ordered a quad g5 from ebay and bought a ton of RAM and I was exited at the idea of playing around with VMs on it. Maybe I could try another emulator out :)
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Well, there's Q (short for QEMU) if you can find an older version of it. It's never worked for me though.

Keep in mind that VPC 7 actually has a sweet spot for memory. Too much and it slows, too little and it chugs. The optimum spot is right around 484mb. It's non-intuiative, but that's just the way the app works.
 
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eyoungren said:
Well, there's Q (short for QEMU) if you can find an older version of it. It's never worked for me though.

Keep in mind that VPC 7 actually has a sweet spot for memory. Too much and it slows, too little and it chugs. The optimum spot is right around 484mb. It's non-intuiative, but that's just the way the app works.
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That's interesting, thanks for the advice! Do you know why it behaves that way?
 
Lastic said:
Windows 7 needs an ACPI enabled BIOS , this is done in Virtual PC 7 (Microsoft) by pressing Fn-Delete when the PC starts.
You will then enter the BIOS like on a PC and there you have a setting ACPI aware/enable (see screenshot) ,then save your settings and exit the BIOS.

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Hi,

here is my screenshot. I have taken these settings. But it still follows the same error message :mad: ?
[doublepost=1514668460][/doublepost]Hi,

i have another problem with an VM that runs.

On it is Windows XP. This does not boot anymore. The following error message in German / free translation :)

Fehlerhafte Datei Boot.ini
Bad file Boot.ini

Google writes that the error is easy to fix. Only a boot with the original Windows CD should be enough.

I've set in bios the same settings as described in my last post. But even in this case VM does not boot from CD too?
 

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PatrickPowerPCG4 said:
Hi,

here is my screenshot. I have taken these settings. But it still follows the same error message :mad: ?
[doublepost=1514668460][/doublepost]Hi,

i have another problem with an VM that runs.

On it is Windows XP. This does not boot anymore. The following error message in German / free translation :)

Fehlerhafte Datei Boot.ini
Bad file Boot.ini

Google writes that the error is easy to fix. Only a boot with the original Windows CD should be enough.

I've set in bios the same settings as described in my last post. But even in this case VM does not boot from CD too?
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Regarding your Windows 7 VM , what is the error message you are getting even with ACPI enabled ?

Regarding the Windows XP , what size is your CD iso that you are trying to boot ?
 
Lastic said:
Regarding your Windows 7 VM , what is the error message you are getting even with ACPI enabled ? Bad file Boot.ini

Regarding the Windows XP , what size is your CD iso that you are trying to boot ? It is the installation CD 2 of Virtual PC 7. This has about 640 MB. But they packed Windows as a zip file
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Thanks for your support. My answer is in blue :)
 
Regarding your Windows 7 VM , what is the error message you are getting even with ACPI enabled ? Bad file Boot.ini

Are you using a 32 bit install of Windows 7 ?

Regarding the Windows XP , what size is your CD iso that you are trying to boot ? It is the installation CD 2 of Virtual PC 7. This has about 640 MB. But they packed Windows as a zip file

I never bought Virtual PC 7 in CD form so I can't help you with this , maybe other members who bought the CD version ?
My guess is that you need to unzip the ISO to your Hard Disk and then point Virtual PC 7 to this ISO ?

Anyhow, ein Gutes 2018 gewünscht und viehl spab mitt ihrem PPC .
 
Lastic said:
Regarding your Windows 7 VM , what is the error message you are getting even with ACPI enabled ? Bad file Boot.ini

Are you using a 32 bit install of Windows 7 ?

Regarding the Windows XP , what size is your CD iso that you are trying to boot ? It is the installation CD 2 of Virtual PC 7. This has about 640 MB. But they packed Windows as a zip file

I never bought Virtual PC 7 in CD form so I can't help you with this , maybe other members who bought the CD version ?
My guess is that you need to unzip the ISO to your Hard Disk and then point Virtual PC 7 to this ISO ?

Anyhow, ein Gutes 2018 gewünscht und viehl spab mitt ihrem PPC .
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Dankeschön :)

That's the 32 bit version. Attached a screenshot. The DVD has a volume of 2.34 GB and it is an ISO file
 

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You burned the ISO disk image to a DVD-R? It looks like you burned the ISO file to a disc, so that's not going to work...

The Windows 7 DVD should look like this:

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MagicBoy said:
You burned the ISO disk image to a DVD-R? It looks like you burned the ISO file to a disc, so that's not going to work...

The Windows 7 DVD should look like this:

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The file is on a DVD. I work with OS X 10.4.1
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Dronecatcher said:
As you are trying to boot an .ISO you need to go to Drives/Capture CD Image....this will grab the ISO as if it were an actual disk.
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Thank you. I trie it later :)
 
Windows XP from the Virtual PC is available as a zip file. I unpacked these and tried to burn as an ISO. The file can not be burned, it will not be recognized. I've tried this under OS X 10.4 and 10.11

I also find no ISO file on the net that works. Can someone help? Thank you
 
Unless you specifically require it, I'd advise against using XP or above - especially on a 1Ghz PPC. If it's essential, I'd recommend Micro XP which is an extremely reduced version of XP - you can find it in the usual places, along with Win 2000/98SE/95 etc
As a rule of thumb, at best VPC delivers performance of a 200Mhz Pentium - not really ideal for XP.
 
Dronecatcher said:
Unless you specifically require it, I'd advise against using XP or above - especially on a 1Ghz PPC. If it's essential, I'd recommend Micro XP which is an extremely reduced version of XP - you can find it in the usual places, along with Win 2000/98SE/95 etc
As a rule of thumb, at best VPC delivers performance of a 200Mhz Pentium - not really ideal for XP.
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Thanks I'm looking for that. Nevertheless, that does not solve my problem :(
 
Dronecatcher said:
Unless you specifically require it, I'd advise against using XP or above - especially on a 1Ghz PPC. If it's essential, I'd recommend Micro XP which is an extremely reduced version of XP - you can find it in the usual places, along with Win 2000/98SE/95 etc
As a rule of thumb, at best VPC delivers performance of a 200Mhz Pentium - not really ideal for XP.
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I'd agree with that.

I bought VPC 7 with an included XP Pro license.

The performance is miserable even on a Quad.
 
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