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Mac Forum / Applications / Virtual PC / December 2007Can't upgrade to XP from 2000 via Virtual PC 7
I have VPC 7 installed on my desktop. It came with Win 2000 Home Pro. I just bought XP Pro as an upgrade. I am attempting to install it on my laptop under Parallels:-) The system knows I am installing an upgrade, so it asked me to put in the older version (2000 Home Pro) disk. I imagine it's proof that I actually have the OS I claim. The only disk I have is the VPC disk that says it has Win 2000 on it. When I put it in and press Enter, the setup still ask me for the disk. Is the VPC version of Win a "real" version that I can use? Thanks Troy The reason XP Setup is not accepting the cd you are trying to use is that it is not a standard W2k cd. The installation of W2k in your VPC7 virtual machine is a genuine, full copy of Windows but the cd is a cd designed to be used with VPC7 only and will not install Windows 2000 any other way. The XP Upgrade edition Setup program searches the legacy Windows cd for some key files, one or more of which have been left off of the cd you are trying to use. It is by design and was done to prevent your copy of W2k from being installed on a PC. The license that came with it forbids usage other than with VPC7. >I have VPC 7 installed on my desktop. It came with Win 2000 Home Pro. I >just [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Thanks > Troy > I have VPC 7 installed on my desktop. It came with Win 2000 Home Pro. I just > bought XP Pro as an upgrade. I am attempting to install it on my laptop under [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Thanks > Troy Install the WinXP Pro upgrade on VPC7 Win2000 Home Pro. Then see Parallels Transporter. btw, there is no Windows 2000 Home Pro. It is just Windows 2000 Professional. There never was a home edition of Windows 2000. Only Pro and Server. >I have VPC 7 installed on my desktop. It came with Win 2000 Home Pro. I >just [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Thanks > Troy |
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