Transferring WinXP to a PC

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johnkool - 30 Sep 2004 05:13 GMT

I gave up on VPC 6 on my Beige G3. Just too slow.
Cheaper to get a used pc that upgrade my G3 mac.

How can I transfer my XP and my program files from VPC image to the Compaq?

Would the easiest way be to remove the PC drive, install it in my Mac,
format it as a PC disk and copy all the files from the image file to that
disk?

Would the Mac OS9 finder copy even the invisible files?

DiskCopy?

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Steve Jain - 30 Sep 2004 05:48 GMT

>I gave up on VPC 6 on my Beige G3. Just too slow.
>Cheaper to get a used pc that upgrade my G3 mac.
>
>How can I transfer my XP and my program files from VPC image to the Compaq?

You can't. If Windows XP came with VPC, its an OEM licence that is
only for VPC, its not transferable.

The media that comes with VPC isn't capable of doing a full
installation, specifically for the reason you want to.

>Would the easiest way be to remove the PC drive, install it in my Mac,
>format it as a PC disk and copy all the files from the image file to that
>disk?

It won't work, unless your Compaq has very similar hardware to the
emulated VPC hardware.

>Would the Mac OS9 finder copy even the invisible files?
>
>DiskCopy?

Steve Jain, Microsoft MVP for Virtual PC for Windows
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johnkool - 30 Sep 2004 13:01 GMT

>> I gave up on VPC 6 on my Beige G3. Just too slow.
>> Cheaper to get a used pc that upgrade my G3 mac.
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> You can't. If Windows XP came with VPC, its an OEM licence that is
> only for VPC, its not transferable.

Thanks. I was afraid of that.

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Transferring WinXP to a PC