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physical pc reboots when installing xp on virtual machine

Source: microsoft.public.virtualpc
Sent: 01/21/2009
From: Simmer
Message:

I have a Dell laptop that I just installed virtual PC. I'm trying to install
Windows XP SP2 on the virtual machine. After it loads the drivers and
windows starts my laptop reboots. So can't install XP.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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Re: physical pc reboots when installing xp on virtual machine

Sent: 01/22/2009
From: "Mark Rae [MVP]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

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

Firstly, are you absolutely sure that you're installing XP in a virtual
machine and not, unfortunately, on the host by mistake...?

How much RAM did you allocate to the new virtual machine...?

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

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> I have a Dell laptop that I just installed virtual PC. I'm trying to
> install
> Windows XP SP2 on the virtual machine. After it loads the drivers and
> windows starts my laptop reboots. So can't install XP.
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Re: physical pc reboots when installing xp on virtual machine

Sent: 01/22/2009
From: Simmer
Message:

Hi Mark,

It is definitely installing on the virtual machine. In the Virtual PC 2007
window I see the drivers load fine, but when it gets to "windows starting"
the laptop reboots.

I used the default settings during the wizard to configure the VM except I
only allocated 30Gb for the virtual Hard drive. The RAM I did not change so
it is set to 128Mb.

I've tried removing and creating another VM and each time when it's
installing XP and it gets to "starting windows" ...reboot of the laptop.

"Mark Rae [MVP]" wrote:

Show quoted text

> "Simmer" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
>
> > I have a Dell laptop that I just installed virtual PC. I'm trying to
> > install
> > Windows XP SP2 on the virtual machine. After it loads the drivers and
> > windows starts my laptop reboots. So can't install XP.
> >
> > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Firstly, are you absolutely sure that you're installing XP in a virtual
> machine and not, unfortunately, on the host by mistake...?
>
> How much RAM did you allocate to the new virtual machine...?
>
>
> --
> Mark Rae
> ASP.NET MVP
> http://www.markrae.net
>
>

Re: physical pc reboots when installing xp on virtual machine

Sent: 01/22/2009
From: "Steve Jain [MVP]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:07:01 -0800, Simmer
<(email address - cut out)> wrote:

Give this a try, disable HW Virtualization in VPC and see if that
works. If it does, then its likely the BIOS implementation of HWV is
bad and look for a BIOS update for your MB.

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

Show quoted text

>Hi Mark,
>
>It is definitely installing on the virtual machine. In the Virtual PC 2007
>window I see the drivers load fine, but when it gets to "windows starting"
>the laptop reboots.
>
>I used the default settings during the wizard to configure the VM except I
>only allocated 30Gb for the virtual Hard drive. The RAM I did not change so
>it is set to 128Mb.
>
>I've tried removing and creating another VM and each time when it's
>installing XP and it gets to "starting windows" ...reboot of the laptop.
>

Re: physical pc reboots when installing xp on virtual machine

Sent: 04/19/2009
From: Craig
Message:

Was this issue ever resolved? I think I am having the same issue as you
describe...

Please see "Virtual Guest reboots Host Operating System" in
microsoft.public.virtualpc

Thanks

"Steve Jain [MVP]" wrote:

Show quoted text

> On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:07:01 -0800, Simmer
> <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>
> >Hi Mark,
> >
> >It is definitely installing on the virtual machine. In the Virtual PC 2007
> >window I see the drivers load fine, but when it gets to "windows starting"
> >the laptop reboots.
> >
> >I used the default settings during the wizard to configure the VM except I
> >only allocated 30Gb for the virtual Hard drive. The RAM I did not change so
> >it is set to 128Mb.
> >
> >I've tried removing and creating another VM and each time when it's
> >installing XP and it gets to "starting windows" ...reboot of the laptop.
> >
> Give this a try, disable HW Virtualization in VPC and see if that
> works. If it does, then its likely the BIOS implementation of HWV is
> bad and look for a BIOS update for your MB.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
> http://vpc.essjae.com/
>

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