> I've been running VPC fine for a 4+years. I've had VPC 7 on this
> particular machine (Powerbook G4 17") for over a year without
> problems. I had VIrtual PC open with a few applications running and
> moved over to the Mac side to work on something different. I left it
> overnight like that (which I do ALL THE TIME) and came back and I have
> a black screen with "OS NOT FOUND" on it. I can still see my PC file
> (Windows XP Professional) in my documents - 12.8 gig, but I can't get
> it to boot! I've shut down, restarted, everything but no luck. I'm
> in the process of making a copy of my PC file and then will monkey
> with reinstalling the OS, but my biggest concern is the stuff (apps
> and files) that I'm losing. I do have a backup but there is two solid
> days of work on it that I'll lose.
>
> Has anyone had this problem, any advice on how to restore from the PC
> file?
>
> Thanks in advance, BJS

> I only have one account on my machine, BUT last week I had to
> reinstall my Mac OS. In doing so, I set up my new user account, but
> it's not identical to the old one (i.e. Barbara Smith vs Barb
> Smith). What throws me here is that I was able to successfully copy
> over my VPC files from backup and once I reinstalled VPC, EVERYTHING
> remained the same when I launched the app for the first time . . . my
> open apps from the previously saved state were still there and
> everything. I was able to work in that environment for a few days
> before this happened.
>
> Does it periodically check and compare account information and I was
> able to slide for a few days before I caught it?