Win 7 in VM hosted by XP

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I’m trying to avoid buying a CPU upgrade simply to get a chip with virtualization, so I can run MS Virtual PC on my Win 7 system. Boss is cheap

So, I’m running VPC on a decent XP box…Pentium D (dual core), 1.5 GB RAM, and plenty of HDD space. Win 7 is indeed installing, but after three hours it’s still at 66% Expanding Windows Files. The VM has a gig of RAM and 35 GB hdd space. I’ve loaded Win 7 on less hardware and it installs at a normal pace, so I’m a bit lost as to why this is taking all day.

Gahh! Any ideas?

-John

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Maybe it’s VPC? I’ve go it humming on VMWare server.

cheers, Paul

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Well, that could be, but I don’t know how to troubleshoot it. I am using the SP-1 version. The CPU is hardly working, and the VM is using about 17MB of RAM. The DVD drive is blinking furiously.

Well, it’s at 89% now, just a short way to go.

I hope.

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Just to follow up, it eventually installed, took six hours. According to Computer > Properties the VM is running at 17 MHz. That explains the slows.

The host PC is running at 2.8 GHz, and CPU usage is low. Hmm. Good thing I only need this for capturing the installation steps.

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VMware Lite I’m on the desktop in 20 mins I’d say but I allocate it half of my 6Gb and whatever else it need’s, 4 cores
Understand about boss being cheap though, yes I do but this is my home system

installation steps?

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I need to capture the Win 7 installation screens.

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