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Creating vhd from bootable HD

Source: microsoft.public.virtualpc
Sent: 10/07/2009
From: "HBj" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

I have an old small ISA HD with a stripped bootable DOS 6.22. I would like
to make a vhd of this physical drive. I did it by connecting the HD via an
adapter to the USB in a Vista PC. I created an ISO file of the attached HD,
saved it to the Vista HD. I created a new Virtual Hard drive in VPC2007 and
when the empty Vhd started, I captured the saved ISO file. But nothing
happened. Where I did wrong?

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Håkan

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Re: Creating vhd from bootable HD

Sent: 10/07/2009
From: "Steve Jain [MVP]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

On Wed, 7 Oct 2009 09:01:21 +0300, "HBj"
<(email address - cut out)> wrote:

ISOs and hard drives don't have the same boot methods.
You're likely going to need to copy the contents of the ISO, then make
that partition active and run the DOS SYS command on it to get the
necessary hidden system files installed.

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

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>I have an old small ISA HD with a stripped bootable DOS 6.22. I would like
>to make a vhd of this physical drive. I did it by connecting the HD via an
>adapter to the USB in a Vista PC. I created an ISO file of the attached HD,
>saved it to the Vista HD. I created a new Virtual Hard drive in VPC2007 and
>when the empty Vhd started, I captured the saved ISO file. But nothing
>happened. Where I did wrong?

Re: Creating vhd from bootable HD

Sent: 10/08/2009
From: "Steve Jain [MVP]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 11:08:56 +0300, "HBj"
<(email address - cut out)> wrote:

After you copy the ISO to the VHD, boot up with a DOS boot disk, or
VFD (http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm)

I'm not sure if Win2K will work correctly.

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

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>Thank you Steve,
>
>Now I have simply the HD on my desk attached to the Vista PC with a USB
>cable. If I copy the ISO file to a second VHD of a running Virtual Client
>(Win2k), is it then possible to SYS that partition with the tool of Wink2
>from the USB attached HD to the second VHD of the client (SYS G: D:)
>
>Håkan

Re: Creating vhd from bootable HD

Sent: 10/08/2009
From: "HBj" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Thank you Steve,

Now I have simply the HD on my desk attached to the Vista PC with a USB
cable. If I copy the ISO file to a second VHD of a running Virtual Client
(Win2k), is it then possible to SYS that partition with the tool of Wink2
from the USB attached HD to the second VHD of the client (SYS G: D:)

Håkan

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> On Wed, 7 Oct 2009 09:01:21 +0300, "HBj"
> <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>
>>I have an old small ISA HD with a stripped bootable DOS 6.22. I would like
>>to make a vhd of this physical drive. I did it by connecting the HD via an
>>adapter to the USB in a Vista PC. I created an ISO file of the attached
>>HD,
>>saved it to the Vista HD. I created a new Virtual Hard drive in VPC2007
>>and
>>when the empty Vhd started, I captured the saved ISO file. But nothing
>>happened. Where I did wrong?
>
> ISOs and hard drives don't have the same boot methods.
> You're likely going to need to copy the contents of the ISO, then make
> that partition active and run the DOS SYS command on it to get the
> necessary hidden system files installed.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
> http://vpc.essjae.com/
> http://smudj.wordpress.com/

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