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Mac Forum / Applications / Virtual PC / January 2008I have to reinstall OS X...what VPC files do I need to keep?
I have VPC 7 running on a Mac G5 Dual 2GHz PowerPC. I have to wipe my hard drive and reinstall the OS. I use Quickbooks Pro in VPC. What files do I need to copy so that I don't lose all my Quickbooks info? I think I have to reinstall QB on VPC after I reinstall VPC, correct? Thanks... Lloyd > I have VPC 7 running on a Mac G5 Dual 2GHz PowerPC. I have to > wipe my hard drive and reinstall the OS. I use Quickbooks Pro > in VPC. What files do I need to copy Be careful not to confuse the VPC application with the VPC "data" files (i.e., your virtual machine which contains all of the windows OS, windows applications, and windows data). The Quickbooks Pro application and data files are all contained in the virtual machine data file. I assume you have at least one clone or backup of your entire system prior to the disk wipe out. If not then this is all a moot point. :-) After you have reinstalled the main OS and all of the apps that you want, we can assume that you will be retrieving all of your other documents and data files, etc. from the backup. Your virtual machine "data" file should be with those (it was likely stored in your documents folder in a folder with the name "Virtual PC List"). You will also want to recover from backup any other Virtual Machine data files for other accounts that may have existed (you can have more than one, you know...) > so that I don't lose all my Quickbooks info? I think I have to > reinstall QB on VPC after I reinstall VPC, correct? No. Again, you don't install Windows files or applications *IN* the VPC application--they go into the virtual machine data files. If you retrieved your old data files, then they will all still be exactly where you left them. One other thing. Make SURE that when you exited your virtual machines the last time on the original system, that you did a complete SHUTDOWN from the Start menu and didn't just exit VPC which just "freezes" the state of the virtual machine. If you do not do this to all of the virtual machines (i.e., all of the VM data files) that you have, you may not be able to ever run them again on the new system. Oh, and make sure that you have reapplied ALL of the VPC updates that you previously had before attempting to open any of your virtual machine data files. Otherwise it's like trying to open a Quicken 2007 file using Quicken 2004--if it opens at all, you're likely gonna break something :-) Hope this helps.  SignatureJeff Wiseman to reply, just remove ALLTHESPAM Jeff, Thanks for all the info! Yes, I do have a back-up of the entire system, and two back-ups of my user folder (which includes the Virtual PC List). When you say to reapply all updates, do you mean just to VPC? Does VPC keep the updates that have been made to Quickbooks? Again, thank you! Lloyd The updates are applied to the guest OS, not VPC. Jeff, Thanks for all the info! Yes, I do have a back-up of the entire system, and two back-ups of my user folder (which includes the Virtual PC List). When you say to reapply all updates, do you mean just to VPC? Does VPC keep the updates that have been made to Quickbooks? Again, thank you! Lloyd > includes the Virtual PC List). When you say to reapply all > updates, do you mean just to VPC? Yes. If your VM data file was created and being run under VPC 7.0.3, you don't want to try running it under VPC 7.0.0 > Does VPC keep the updates that have been made to Quickbooks? Again, VPC knows nothing about those updates (or any other windows application for that matter) it is just a virtual piece of hardware. VPC is just an application that you can run a VM data file with. Your entire windows XP OS (or whatever) along with all Windows applications, data, updates, upgrades, and even viruses if any, etc. all are deeply embedded in that VM data file. If you haven't corrupted that file, then everything that you ever installed onto that virtual machine will still be there--windows applications AND data. If you put the VM data file on the new mac installation and install VPC on the new Mac installation, everything that was in the original data file is still there. Your questions is sort of like asking "if I move my excel spreadsheet to another computer with the same version of Excel, will I have to reinstall all of the functions I had in my spreadsheet?". Of course not. To Excel it is just another spreadsheet It runs the functions that you put in the spreadsheet. Whatever you put there stays there untill you've changed it. VPC runs the functions (i.e. Windows XP, Office, Quickbooks) that you have installed in the VM data file. That's why the file is so friggin' big! It's got the entire OS and all of the windows applications in it. VPC just mimics the hardware low level functions of a PC. SignatureJeff Wiseman to reply, just remove ALLTHESPAM I just thought of something. You ARE using Quickbooks for Windows in your Virtual Machine, right? I mean, you aren't using Quickbooks for Mac on the Mac itself (which is also available). I've assumed all along that you had the Windows version of Quickbooks. If this is not the case then a lot of what I said won't make sense (which seems to be happening a lot to me lately...) SignatureJeff Wiseman to reply, just remove ALLTHESPAM |
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