Error when installing WXP from VirtualPC 7 CD

[w***@officeformac.com]

Operating System: Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther)
Processor: Power PC

I have some apps that need to be run in Windows, so I picked up a copy of VirtualPC 7 for Mac (w/ WindowsXP) and downgraded my Mac OS to Panther (10.3.9), since I read that VPC had issues with Leopard. The VPC 7 installs fine, but when I try to install XP from the same set of CDs, it installs for 20 minutes, then give me an error code (01) and says the Windows install could not be completed. That's it!! Could anyone tell me what's going on or why this is happening? I'm installing onto a Ti PB G4 with a fresh install of Panther, and I already tried installing the 7.0.3 update. Help!!

[pc]

Operating System: Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther) Processor: Power PC I have some apps that need to be run in Windows, so I picked up a copy of VirtualPC 7 for Mac (w/ WindowsXP) and downgraded my Mac OS to Panther (10.3.9), since I read that VPC had issues with Leopard. The VPC 7 installs fine, but when I try to install XP from the same set of CDs, it installs for 20 minutes, then give me an error code (01) and says the Windows install could not be completed. That's it!! Could anyone tell me what's going on or why this is happening? I'm installing onto a Ti PB G4 with a fresh install of Panther, and I already tried installing the 7.0.3 update. Help!!

I didn't think you could install VPC with Leopard at all. I cloned my
OS X with VPC before I upgraded to Leopard, but have to repartition my
hard drive to get it back since I don't have a fire wire external.
I'm pretty sure that was Panther, not Tiger, but I'll have to double
check. However, I'm pretty sure I upgraded to Panther from Tiger —
didn't do a clean install — so maybe that's why VPC with XP kept
working? I haven't heard about the problem you are describing so I'm
totally useless as far as being helpful here, unless it turns out that
you've got to go back to Tiger and work your way up from there...

[Fred Horvat]

You can do a VPC install under OSX 10.5 Leopard. I did it this week on a
G4-733 running OSX 10.5.8 and it worked fine.


On 2/12/10 10:06 AM, in article

Post by pc

Operating System: Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther) Processor: Power PC I have some
apps that need to be run in Windows, so I picked up a copy of VirtualPC 7 for
Mac (w/ WindowsXP) and downgraded my Mac OS to Panther (10.3.9), since I read
that VPC had issues with Leopard. The VPC 7 installs fine, but when I try to
install XP from the same set of CDs, it installs for 20 minutes, then give me
an error code (01) and says the Windows install could not be completed.
That's it!! Could anyone tell me what's going on or why this is happening?
I'm installing onto a Ti PB G4 with a fresh install of Panther, and I already
tried installing the 7.0.3 update. Help!!

I didn't think you could install VPC with Leopard at all. I cloned my
OS X with VPC before I upgraded to Leopard, but have to repartition my
hard drive to get it back since I don't have a fire wire external.
I'm pretty sure that was Panther, not Tiger, but I'll have to double
check. However, I'm pretty sure I upgraded to Panther from Tiger ‹
didn't do a clean install ‹ so maybe that's why VPC with XP kept
working? I haven't heard about the problem you are describing so I'm
totally useless as far as being helpful here, unless it turns out that
you've got to go back to Tiger and work your way up from there...

[Steve Jain [MVP]]

Operating System: Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther) Processor: Power PC I have some apps that need to be run in Windows, so I picked up a copy of VirtualPC 7 for Mac (w/ WindowsXP) and downgraded my Mac OS to Panther (10.3.9), since I read that VPC had issues with Leopard. The VPC 7 installs fine, but when I try to install XP from the same set of CDs, it installs for 20 minutes, then give me an error code (01) and says the Windows install could not be completed. That's it!! Could anyone tell me what's going on or why this is happening? I'm installing onto a Ti PB G4 with a fresh install of Panther, and I already tried installing the 7.0.3 update. Help!!

The XP CDs that come with VPC cannot be used to do an full
installation, they are crippled. You should just do the full install
with the pre-made XP virtual machine.

[w***@officeformac.com]

Thanks for the input... <br><br>> The XP CDs that come with VPC cannot be used to do an full <br>

installation, they are crippled. You should just do the full install <br>
with the pre-made XP virtual machine. <br><br>...but I thought that was what I was doing when I encountered the error message. I followed the installation instructions for full install of VPC w/ XP, but when I got to step 3 (set up virtual machine), there was nothing in the Virtual PC List. I got a prompt to click the &quot;new&quot; button and insert the first install CD &quot;again&quot;. This worked fine right up until I got the error message. Any idea why there was no &quot;Virual PC XP Pro&quot; in the Virtual PC List? I feel like I must be missing something obvious...

[Fred Horvat]

It has been many years since I did an install off my VPC 6 with XP CDs. I
don¹t recall the process anymore. If I have a spare G$ OSX 10.4 machine
I¹ll give it a try.

Post by w***@officeformac.com
Thanks for the input...

Post by Steve Jain [MVP]
The XP CDs that come with VPC cannot be used to do an full
installation, they are crippled. You should just do the full install
with the pre-made XP virtual machine.

...but I thought that was what I was doing when I encountered the error
message. I followed the installation instructions for full install of VPC w/
XP, but when I got to step 3 (set up virtual machine), there was nothing in
the Virtual PC List. I got a prompt to click the "new" button and insert the
first install CD "again". This worked fine right up until I got the error
message. Any idea why there was no "Virual PC XP Pro" in the Virtual PC List?
I feel like I must be missing something obvious...

[Michael Vilain]

Post by Fred Horvat
It has been many years since I did an install off my VPC 6 with XP CDs. I
don¹t recall the process anymore. If I have a spare G$ OSX 10.4 machine
I¹ll give it a try.

Post by w***@officeformac.com
Thanks for the input...

Post by Steve Jain [MVP]
The XP CDs that come with VPC cannot be used to do an full
installation, they are crippled. You should just do the full install
with the pre-made XP virtual machine.

...but I thought that was what I was doing when I encountered the error
message. I followed the installation instructions for full install of VPC w/
XP, but when I got to step 3 (set up virtual machine), there was nothing in
the Virtual PC List. I got a prompt to click the "new" button and insert the
first install CD "again". This worked fine right up until I got the error
message. Any idea why there was no "Virual PC XP Pro" in the Virtual PC List?
I feel like I must be missing something obvious...

I installed VPC 7 on 10.3.9. Once I installed the application, it
restarted after installing various firewall filters and a ktext. And
the install disk asked for the 2nd disk in the set. If you didn't get
this behavior, maybe your 10.3 system is hosed. Did you install VPC on
a newly installed or existing system?

[w***@officeformac.com]

Thanks for the input. <br><br>> the install disk asked for the 2nd disk in the set. If you didn't get <br>

this behavior, maybe your 10.3 system is hosed. Did you install VPC <br>
on a newly installed or existing system? <br><br>I wiped the HD and did a clean install of Panther, then updated to 10.3.9 using Apple's download. Everything else is working perfectly (lots and lots of apps), so I'm thinking that the OS is not the culprit here. The VPC disks look pristine, too, so you'd think... Any other ideas??