virtual pc 2007

[planetoidalee]

Hi all,

I'm sure the answer is already on here somewhere but I've had a good look and can't find it.

I am currently doing a course for an MCDBA (gulp!), as part of the course I have to do the ComptiA+ and I am looking to sit the first exam for this in a few weeks.

I am currently running XP PRO, VERSION 2002, SP2 on a ATHALON XP 2200+ 1.8GHz AND 768MB RAM.

I need to learn a bit about windows 95, 98, ME and 2000 and to this end I have installed virtual pc 2007, I have selected the operating system(s) I want and created a virtual hard drive (vhd). I start virtual pc and select the operating system and start it, a window opens with a black background and performs what 'looks' like a post and then comes up with:

"Argon PXE boot agent v2.00 (BIOS Integrated)
(C) Copyright 2004 blah blah blah..."


CLIENT MAC ADDR  ** ** ** ** ** ** ** GUID: ******-******-*****-***
DHCP....\

Then it comes up with

"Reboot and Select proper Boot device
or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot Device"

So what am I doing wrong? The only thing I can think of is that VPC requires L2cache to run and I don't know if I have that or how to check if I have got it.

This course is costing me £4,500 or approx $9,000 so it's really important to me that I learn as much as possible.

Thanx for your help

[Deerpark]

Have you installed the windows OS you want on the virtual machine? Virtual PC doesn't come with any operating systems, you have to install them like on a real computer.

[planetoidalee]

  Well don't I look like a numpty lol

Thought it was all included in VPC i.e. VIRTUAL and that I didn't have to install it i.e. ACTUALL

Thanx tho'

ps. Do MS do trial OS's for free?

[Deerpark]

No I don't believe they do... except for a 120 day trial of Windows XP 64 bit.