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Weblog:   Virtual PC 6.0 for Mac OS X Has Reached Practicality
Subject:   How did you install for great performance?
Date:   2003-06-14 20:27:29
From:   anonymous2
Response to: How did you install for great performance?

I'll preface this with a note that your experience could be different with XP and an out-of-the-box PCDOS 2000. I've used VPC wih PCDos since 2.0, and I've always installed Win98 from the standard full install CD. It is important that you don't simply install Windows over PC DOS, as both performance and Mac integration will suffer. Instead, you must find a way to make a boot disk or have a connected floppy drive (or does XP not even use a boot floppy?). At least, this is necessary with Win98. That way, the OS is installed on an otherwise-new hard drive. In my VPC experience, Windows should not be installed over PCDOS, only over MSDOS or other versions of Windows, but pereferable on a new hard drive image.


Daniel Rasmussen
rasnet@rconnect.com
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  • How did you install for great performance?
    2003-06-16 12:43:11  anonymous2 [View]

    I think I understand what your main point is: that I should load XP on a blank HD image to avoid the PCDOS slowing down the XP. As a Mac user, I wasn't aware that there was a difference between MSDos and PCDos. I assume that VPC must permit loading onto a blank image; otherwise I have to figure out this whole boot disk thing you were talking about. Any more clarifications?
    • How did you install for great performance?
      2003-06-30 10:41:24  anonymous2 [View]

      Update: On the Connectix Forums a couple of posters recommended installing XP on a blank HD as NFTS Quick. Whatever the reason is, I'm going to try it.
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