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Home > People > chrisws@hotmail.com > Blog

Virtual PC: Run Windows XP and/or other legacy OS within Vista

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Virtualization, multiple Operating Systems, Vista and XP
By chrisws@hotmail.com on 27 March 2007

Windows Vista is now my primary O.S. at home. However, I still find it useful switching to Windows XP for various reasons: some legacy applications are only available on XP, clients/co-workers have not switched over to Vista and need XP assistance, and work projects done on XP.

Besides creating multiple partitions or using another XP PC, Microsoft has come through with a free download of Virtual PC 2007. Now, we simply install other Operating Systems within Vista through the virtualization technology. No seperate partitions or PCs needed! Just make sure you have enough RAM. As per the Virtual Machine 2007 overview, the table  below shows the RAM and HD requirements.

Guest Operating System       Minimum Memory

                      Minimum Hard-Disk Space

Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition

       64 MB

                          500 MB

Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me)

       96 MB 

                          2 GB

Windows 2000 Professional

       96 MB

                          2 GB

Windows XP Home Edition

      128 MB

                          2 GB

Windows XP Professional

      128 MB

                          2 GB

Windows Vista Enterprise

      512 MB

                          15 GB

Windows Vista Business

      512 MB

                          15 GB

Windows Vista Ultimate

      512 MB                            

                          15 GB

OS/2 Warp Version 4 Fix Pack 15, OS/2 Warp

      64 MB

                          500 MB

 

The only question I have is: will this run Linux?
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saladbar1
I have tried to install Ubuntu on Virtual PC which is a type of linux, but when running the install disk, you get an error message stating that something is corrupted, but when booting from the disk it works fine.
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30/03/07 | 12:04
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chrisws@hotmail.com
Yeah, appearantly MSFT does not support Linux; only the OSs listed in the blog will work on VPC 2007.
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30/03/07 | 12:13
zenzuni
I'm trying to run Ubuntu in dual boot with
Vista home premium. All seems to work fine until I get a message like "no root" and freeze.

How did you get Ubuntu running ? Should it's partition be in FAT 32 !

Thanks,
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06/04/07 | 11:16
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VistaUpgrader
So, can you basically run another operating system within Vista but not disrupt it or have to partition it?
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15/04/07 | 08:34
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LOCKIO
Downloaded the 64 bit, but tells me that I am not running a supported windows version ??? Now asking me to restart with the correct media......thought this was an answer to incompatibility !!!! arggghh
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06/06/07 | 08:21
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LOCKIO
ahaaaaaa.....Since reading the system requirements I have found out that since I am running Premium version of Vista (the one most of us will have bought)is incompatible !!!!
Surely they should have thought about this at MS !.... or maybe they just want us premium folk to upgrade??
Nice...not
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17/06/07 | 11:29
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gavomatic57
If you want to run Linux in a virtual machine, your best bet is VMware Server, which is a free program to download, you just have to register for a key for it. Download the linux distro of your choice and burn it to disc. Install VMware and start it up, put the linux disc in and away to go. Vmware server supports dual-core machines too as well as running a 64bit linux on 32bit Vista.
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22/07/07 | 04:54
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zbuckone
Sounds like a good thing for people who have applications that will only run on XP. This way you really can have the best of two worlds and XP and Vista really are two different worlds!
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