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From: Vincent Fatica on 12 Mar 2010 17:17 From one Virtual OS (Vista) can I install a new one (Windows7) on the same virtual drive, wiping out the old (Vista) installation? Host is XP/SP3. Thanks. -- - Vince
From: Bo Berglund on 12 Mar 2010 17:46 On 12 Mar 2010 17:17:51 -0500, Vincent Fatica <vince(a)blackholespam.net> wrote: >From one Virtual OS (Vista) can I install a new one (Windows7) on the same >virtual drive, wiping out the old (Vista) installation? Host is XP/SP3. >Thanks. Of course you can, but why would you want to do that? Just delete the files for the old virtual machine (vmc and vhd) and start over with a new via the VPC2007 wizard. Why keep an old VHD and overwrite the contents? A VHD is much like a hard drive, but unlike a real hard drive you can make as many VHD:s as you like without extra cost. Your idea does not make sense. -- Bo Berglund (Sweden)
From: Vincent Fatica on 12 Mar 2010 20:36 On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:46:57 +0100, Bo Berglund <boberglund(a)myotherhome.sec> wrote: |On 12 Mar 2010 17:17:51 -0500, Vincent Fatica |<vince(a)blackholespam.net> wrote: | |>From one Virtual OS (Vista) can I install a new one (Windows7) on the same |>virtual drive, wiping out the old (Vista) installation? Host is XP/SP3. |>Thanks. | |Of course you can, but why would you want to do that? |Just delete the files for the old virtual machine (vmc and vhd) and |start over with a new via the VPC2007 wizard. |Why keep an old VHD and overwrite the contents? A VHD is much like a |hard drive, but unlike a real hard drive you can make as many VHD:s as |you like without extra cost. |Your idea does not make sense. Well, I don't want the Vista VPC any longer and installing over it would save me making another VHD. -- - Vince
From: Steve Jain [MVP] on 13 Mar 2010 00:40 On 12 Mar 2010 20:36:37 -0500, Vincent Fatica <vince(a)blackholespam.net> wrote: >On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:46:57 +0100, Bo Berglund <boberglund(a)myotherhome.sec> >wrote: > >|On 12 Mar 2010 17:17:51 -0500, Vincent Fatica >|<vince(a)blackholespam.net> wrote: >| >|>From one Virtual OS (Vista) can I install a new one (Windows7) on the same >|>virtual drive, wiping out the old (Vista) installation? Host is XP/SP3. >|>Thanks. >| >|Of course you can, but why would you want to do that? >|Just delete the files for the old virtual machine (vmc and vhd) and >|start over with a new via the VPC2007 wizard. >|Why keep an old VHD and overwrite the contents? A VHD is much like a >|hard drive, but unlike a real hard drive you can make as many VHD:s as >|you like without extra cost. >|Your idea does not make sense. > >Well, I don't want the Vista VPC any longer and installing over it would save me >making another VHD. Making a VHD is just a mouse click in the new PC wizard. -- Cheers, Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP http://vpc.essjae.com/ http://smudj.wordpress.com/
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