>I usually put my CD and DVD readers and writers up in the drive space (X, Y
>Z) vs just after the hard drives as you never know if you're going to add
>additional drives, network drives, etc.
>
>However, VS2005 just plain doesn't like that practice.
>
>Tried to install Visual Studio (VS) and while VS would see the first CD
>inserted, it could never find the second one when I had the physical and
>virtual CD/DVD drive set as Z:. I moved the drive letters down to the next
>letter above the hard drives for both the host/physical and guest/virtual
>drives cases and suddenly it works.
>
>Ho-hum - reality.
>
>Neil Thomson
>
>

>Wasn't using the ISO/capture trick - just putting CD's in the physical
>drive.
>

> On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 01:41:14 -0500, "Neil J Thomson"
> <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>
>>I usually put my CD and DVD readers and writers up in the drive space (X,
>>Y
>>Z) vs just after the hard drives as you never know if you're going to add
>>additional drives, network drives, etc.
>>
>>However, VS2005 just plain doesn't like that practice.
>>
>>Tried to install Visual Studio (VS) and while VS would see the first CD
>>inserted, it could never find the second one when I had the physical and
>>virtual CD/DVD drive set as Z:. I moved the drive letters down to the next
>>letter above the hard drives for both the host/physical and guest/virtual
>>drives cases and suddenly it works.
>>
>>Ho-hum - reality.
>>
>>Neil Thomson
>>
>>
> Never seen that problem myself, I usually use Daemon Tools and put the
> virtual cd drives at V and W. Did you make sure to manually
> uncapture/capture the cd's when/after changing?
> --
> Steve Jain, Virtual PC for Windows MVP
> Website: http://www.essjae.com
> "This posting is provided "AS IS" with
> no warranties, and confers no rights.
> You assume all risk for your use."

> Wasn't using the ISO/capture trick - just putting CD's in the physical
> drive.
>
> "Steve Jain" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
>> On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 01:41:14 -0500, "Neil J Thomson"
>> <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>>
>>>I usually put my CD and DVD readers and writers up in the drive space (X,
>>>Y
>>>Z) vs just after the hard drives as you never know if you're going to
>>>add
>>>additional drives, network drives, etc.
>>>
>>>However, VS2005 just plain doesn't like that practice.
>>>
>>>Tried to install Visual Studio (VS) and while VS would see the first CD
>>>inserted, it could never find the second one when I had the physical and
>>>virtual CD/DVD drive set as Z:. I moved the drive letters down to the
>>>next
>>>letter above the hard drives for both the host/physical and guest/virtual
>>>drives cases and suddenly it works.
>>>
>>>Ho-hum - reality.
>>>
>>>Neil Thomson
>>>
>>>
>> Never seen that problem myself, I usually use Daemon Tools and put the
>> virtual cd drives at V and W. Did you make sure to manually
>> uncapture/capture the cd's when/after changing?
>> --
>> Steve Jain, Virtual PC for Windows MVP
>> Website: http://www.essjae.com
>> "This posting is provided "AS IS" with
>> no warranties, and confers no rights.
>> You assume all risk for your use."
>
>

> Try capturing the cd. If the vm happens not to be in focus at the time you
> change the cd then the host will capture it instead of the guest.
>
> --
> Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
> "Neil J Thomson" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
> > Wasn't using the ISO/capture trick - just putting CD's in the physical
> > drive.
> >
> > "Steve Jain" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> > news:(email address - cut out)...
> >> On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 01:41:14 -0500, "Neil J Thomson"
> >> <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
> >>
> >>>I usually put my CD and DVD readers and writers up in the drive space (X,
> >>>Y
> >>>Z) vs just after the hard drives as you never know if you're going to
> >>>add
> >>>additional drives, network drives, etc.
> >>>
> >>>However, VS2005 just plain doesn't like that practice.
> >>>
> >>>Tried to install Visual Studio (VS) and while VS would see the first CD
> >>>inserted, it could never find the second one when I had the physical and
> >>>virtual CD/DVD drive set as Z:. I moved the drive letters down to the
> >>>next
> >>>letter above the hard drives for both the host/physical and guest/virtual
> >>>drives cases and suddenly it works.
> >>>
> >>>Ho-hum - reality.
> >>>
> >>>Neil Thomson
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Never seen that problem myself, I usually use Daemon Tools and put the
> >> virtual cd drives at V and W. Did you make sure to manually
> >> uncapture/capture the cd's when/after changing?
> >> --
> >> Steve Jain, Virtual PC for Windows MVP
> >> Website: http://www.essjae.com
> >> "This posting is provided "AS IS" with
> >> no warranties, and confers no rights.
> >> You assume all risk for your use."
> >
> >
>
>
>

>I usually put my CD and DVD readers and writers up in the drive space (X, Y
>Z) vs just after the hard drives as you never know if you're going to add
>additional drives, network drives, etc.
>
> However, VS2005 just plain doesn't like that practice.
>
> Tried to install Visual Studio (VS) and while VS would see the first CD
> inserted, it could never find the second one when I had the physical and
> virtual CD/DVD drive set as Z:. I moved the drive letters down to the next
> letter above the hard drives for both the host/physical and guest/virtual
> drives cases and suddenly it works.
>
> Ho-hum - reality.
>
> Neil Thomson
>
>
>

>I experienced these symptoms while trying to install a non-Windows OS. The
>host server had the CD configured as drive Z:, and installation went well
>through disk 1 but would fail after disk change. At that point, capturing
>an ISO would also fail.
>
>After changing CD drive to next available drive letter, in this case E:, I
>still have the same sypmtoms... Sounded like a good possibility
>