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Mac Forum / Applications / Virtual PC / March 2006VPC for Mac...So Frustrating! :(
Hello! I really need help with this particular program :( Yesterday, It was working just fine. Last night, I just added a user in the accounts then updated the mac os update. everything after that went haywire :( Everytime i try to run the VPC, it would give me errors like "OS not found...install an OS on this hard drive" and "Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device" :( I really dont understand whats going on since it was working perfectly fine yesterday :( Everytime i go to the PC settings to select from the virtual PC list...all selections are gray :( Btw, i have a G4 OS 10.4.5 now :( I also did the disk repair utility thing...but still didnt work :( i was able to run xp on VPC on another user's account but heres the thing... it gave me another error..Windows-delayed write failed-"windows was unable to save all the data for the file c:. The data has been lost. The errors may be caused by a failure of your computer hardware or network connection. Please try to save this file elsewhere."....meaning??? :) sorry...im really not a techy not to mention the fact that i am so used to PCs :( Another error is this... Isass.exe-system error an I/O operation initiatedby the registry failed unrecoverably. The registry could not read in, or write out, or flush one of the files that contain the system's image of the registry." Also, I have 2 different files of WinXP pro.vpc7 that contains different sizes...1 is 2.34GB on disk and the other has the same file name but is only 3.3 MB in size....?? Another error just came out as well..."the primary disk image could not be written to. he image file may be locked. The disk has been mounted read-only. Most operating systems cannot boot with a read-only primary disk." How can all this go wrong just by installing the update of VPC? :(( Please help! > Hello! I really need help with this particular program :( Yesterday, It > [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > How can all this go wrong just by installing the update of VPC? :(( It was probably coincidental. Errors referring to the hard disk in VPC can be a sign of SMART failure on the physical hard disk - check it out with Apple Disk Utility, and note the SMART status. Actually, from the information given, I believe this is a fairly common problem. You say that you created a new user account on the Mac side? If so, you are probably logged in as that user and cannot even see a virtual machine when you launch VPC. That's because the other user account created the virtual machine. If you log in to the original user account, you should be able to launch VPC and start Windows. I have the same problem (disk mounted as read-only) when trying to open VPS from another account. But the Windows file is in the Shared and I've set all permissions to read & write (even inside the actual vpc package. What gives? Why can't I access the machine from a different account? While signed in to the Administrator Account 1. Install virtual pc on the admistrator account and create the virtual machine(Guest operating system) 2. When this is finished quit virtual pc and make sure the guest operating system is in a "not running" state. 3. Navigate to the virtual pc list folder on the mac.(harddisk->users->user you are working with->documents->virtual pc list) 4. Locate the virtual machine you have created and drag it to the shared folder(hardisk->users->shared) 5. Now we need to change permissions on the file itself. Ctrl+Click on the VM and select Get Info 6. In the window that comes up look for ownership and permissions and click the arrow pointing to the right 7. This will show you what permissions you have which should be read and write. Below that there should be another arrow pointing the right that says details 8. Click the arrow and at the bottom it should say others. Click the drop down arrow next to it change it to Read and Write. 9. In some cases you may have to change the permissions on the basedrive file located within the VM 10. Changing permissions on this file is the same as changing it for the VM itself.(To access this file ctrl+click on the VM and show package contents.(The file is usually named Disk1 or it may be the name of the operating system) 11. Now we need to make an alias(shortcut) for the Vm and place in the virtual pc list folder. 12. To do this ctrl+click on the VM and select make alias.(The keyboard shortcut for it is command+L) 13. Now that the alias is created drag and drop the alias in the virtual pc list folder. 14. Completly log out of the admistrator account (do not use fast user switching to go between this account and the other accounts on the Mac) All other users Virtual pc will already be installed on all other users after the first installation on the administrator account so no setup is required. Virtual pc will be located in the applications folder To allow all other users to use the same guest operating system as the administrator account we need to make an alias and place it in the virtual pc list 1. Log into the next user account 2. Navagate to the shared folder(Harddisk->users->shared 3. The original VM will be listed there and you will have permissions to access it 4. Make an alias of the original, same as before(Highlight the VM, Ctrl+Click on it and select make alias) 5. Drag and drop the alias into the virtual pc list(harddisk->users->user you are working with->documents->virtual pc list You will now be able to access the same virtual machine from two separate user accounts. For more than 2 users just repeat steps for all other users. |
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