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format virtual hard drive

Source: microsoft.public.virtualpc
Sent: 09/24/2008
From: Pete W.
Message:

I followed the wizard to create a WIN98 Virtual PC, but no matter what I do I
always get the message that the hard drive has not been fomratted. I never
got the opportunity to specify a format, and obviously it did not do it
automatically. What might I be doing wrong?

Pete W.

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Re: format virtual hard drive

Sent: 09/24/2008
From: "Steve Jain [MVP]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:37:01 -0700, Pete W.
<(email address - cut out)> wrote:

You need to boot from a floppy disk, partition the drive and then
format it.
Check out my TechRef PDF on my site. It'll give you everything you
need.

--
Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/

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>I followed the wizard to create a WIN98 Virtual PC, but no matter what I do I
>always get the message that the hard drive has not been fomratted. I never
>got the opportunity to specify a format, and obviously it did not do it
>automatically. What might I be doing wrong?
>
>Pete W.

Re: format virtual hard drive

Sent: 09/25/2008
From: "Mark Rae [MVP]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

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

Installing an operating system on a virtual machine is *EXACTLY THE SAME* as
installing an operating system on a physical machine - there is no
difference, as far as the operating system is concerned...

Specifically, for Windows 98, most CDs weren't bootable so you need to:

a) boot from a boot floppy disk with CD drivers (unless your copy of Windows
98 comes on floppy disks)

b) partition the virtual hard disk using the FDISK command

c) format the newly created partition on the virtual hard disk using the
FORMAT command

d) run the SETUP command from the Windows 98 media.

You can get everything you need from Steve Jain's site:
http://vpc.essjae.com/

--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

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> What might I be doing wrong?

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