Sent: 05/24/2008
From: Deo Galvano
Message:Maybe I was not correct in describing the system:
Physical machine = XP SP3;
VPC 2007, XP SP2
When, on the physical machine, SP2 was active, I installed VPC 2007 and I
saw in VPC all my hard drives. Now, with SP3 on the physical machine, I see
the hard drives on the physical machine, but I don't see them in the VPC.
"Bo Berglund" wrote:
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> On Sat, 24 May 2008 12:25:01 -0700, Deo Galvano
> <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>
> >As newby, I installed VPC 2007 on XP SP2 and I installed XP from a self-made
> >slipstreamed CD (iso-file). After the setup was complete, XP was running fine
> >and I could see all my physical hard drives.
> >I don't know if this is relevant, but after installing SP3 on my host
> >machine, I don't see my physical drives anymore. Where are they?
>
> I belive you should back out SP3. Lots of reports of problems with
> that service pack....
>
Sent: 05/24/2008
From: Bo Berglund <(email address - cut out)>
Message:On Sat, 24 May 2008 12:25:01 -0700, Deo Galvano
<(email address - cut out)> wrote:
I belive you should back out SP3. Lots of reports of problems with
that service pack....
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>As newby, I installed VPC 2007 on XP SP2 and I installed XP from a self-made
>slipstreamed CD (iso-file). After the setup was complete, XP was running fine
>and I could see all my physical hard drives.
>I don't know if this is relevant, but after installing SP3 on my host
>machine, I don't see my physical drives anymore. Where are they?
Sent: 05/25/2008
From: Deo Galvano
Message:"Bo Berglund" wrote:
Thank you for your answer. I installed VPC SP1, but this has not the desired
result. Maybe XP SP3 is also required on VPC? I'll give it a try.
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> On Sat, 24 May 2008 14:14:02 -0700, Deo Galvano
> <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>
> >Maybe I was not correct in describing the system:
> >Physical machine = XP SP3;
> >VPC 2007, XP SP2
> >
> >When, on the physical machine, SP2 was active, I installed VPC 2007 and I
> >saw in VPC all my hard drives. Now, with SP3 on the physical machine, I see
> >the hard drives on the physical machine, but I don't see them in the VPC.
>
> There is one thing additionally you can do instead of removing XP SP3:
> Install VPC2007 SP1, it has support for XP SP3 as host:
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=28c97d22-6eb8-4a09-a7f7-f6c7a1f000b5&displaylang=en
> I don't know if it helps your particular problem, but worth a try.
>
Sent: 05/25/2008
From: Bo Berglund <(email address - cut out)>
Message:>> >As newby, I installed VPC 2007 on XP SP2 and I installed XP from a self-made
Exactly, SP3 on the host creates problems in the networking system,
which you see on your guests.
If you don't like to do tha uninstall of S3 then you have to continue
working on finding cures for the stuff SP3 did to your host.
You could start looking in the Windows Firewall area...
By the way, what do you mean when you say "I could see all my physical
hard drives"??? From where can you see which drives and through which
viewing utility?
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>> >slipstreamed CD (iso-file). After the setup was complete, XP was running fine
>> >and I could see all my physical hard drives.
>> >I don't know if this is relevant, but after installing SP3 on my host
>> >machine, I don't see my physical drives anymore. Where are they?
>>
>> I belive you should back out SP3. Lots of reports of problems with
>> that service pack....
>>
>Maybe I was not correct in describing the system:
>Physical machine = XP SP3;
>VPC 2007, XP SP2
>
>When, on the physical machine, SP2 was active, I installed VPC 2007 and I
>saw in VPC all my hard drives. Now, with SP3 on the physical machine, I see
>the hard drives on the physical machine, but I don't see them in the VPC.
>
Sent: 05/25/2008
From: Bo Berglund <(email address - cut out)>
Message:On Sat, 24 May 2008 14:14:02 -0700, Deo Galvano
<(email address - cut out)> wrote:
There is one thing additionally you can do instead of removing XP SP3:
Install VPC2007 SP1, it has support for XP SP3 as host:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=28c97d22-6eb8-4a09-a7f7-f6c7a1f000b5&displaylang=en
I don't know if it helps your particular problem, but worth a try.
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>Maybe I was not correct in describing the system:
>Physical machine = XP SP3;
>VPC 2007, XP SP2
>
>When, on the physical machine, SP2 was active, I installed VPC 2007 and I
>saw in VPC all my hard drives. Now, with SP3 on the physical machine, I see
>the hard drives on the physical machine, but I don't see them in the VPC.
Sent: 05/25/2008
From: Deo Galvano
Message:"Bo Berglund" wrote:
Sorry I was incomplete with my answer.
What I mean is this: after installing VPC for the first time and after
installing XP in VPC, I opened Windows Explorer.
In Windows explorer I saw "This Computer" and under "this computer" I saw
all my physical harddrives:
- This computer
+ 3,5 inch disk station (A:)
+ C:
+ D:
+ E:
+ F:
......
+ DVD-rw-station (J:)
etc.
Now I only see the C: and D: where D: is the DVD-rw.
I hope this makes it clear to you. I don't know how to describe it in an
other way. My English is not that good :(
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> On Sun, 25 May 2008 03:35:01 -0700, Deo Galvano
> <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>
> >"Bo Berglund" wrote:
> >
> >> On Sat, 24 May 2008 14:14:02 -0700, Deo Galvano
> >> <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Maybe I was not correct in describing the system:
> >> >Physical machine = XP SP3;
> >> >VPC 2007, XP SP2
> >> >
> >> >When, on the physical machine, SP2 was active, I installed VPC 2007 and I
> >> >saw in VPC all my hard drives. Now, with SP3 on the physical machine, I see
> >> >the hard drives on the physical machine, but I don't see them in the VPC.
> >>
> >> There is one thing additionally you can do instead of removing XP SP3:
> >> Install VPC2007 SP1, it has support for XP SP3 as host:
> >> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=28c97d22-6eb8-4a09-a7f7-f6c7a1f000b5&displaylang=en
> >> I don't know if it helps your particular problem, but worth a try.
> >>
> >Thank you for your answer. I installed VPC SP1, but this has not the desired
> >result. Maybe XP SP3 is also required on VPC? I'll give it a try.
>
> I haven't upgraded VPC2007 myself and I have not installed XP SP3
> either so I cannot talk from first-hand experience...
> Again, what do you mean with "I see the hard drives"?? Where do you
> have this problem (host or guest) and in which context (which viewer
> are you using)???
> I personally cannot really relate to "seeing a hard drive" except in
> the Windows Explorer views and that is *always* the local hard disk
> being "visible"...
>
>
> Bo Berglund
Sent: 05/25/2008
From: "Colin Barnhorst" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:Doesn't matter what letter is assigned to a host's drives. VPC cannot use
them directly anyway. You have to link the emulated optical drive in the vm
to your physical optical drive by selecting in the drop-down menu on the
vm's drive.
"Deo Galvano" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...
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> Meanwhile, I found a work-around. I attached the hard drives with the
> option
> "shared folders". But this brings up a new problem: In the VPC the DVD-rom
> is
> drive D, where on the physical machine drive D is actual a hard drive.
>
> "Deo Galvano" wrote:
>
>> As newby, I installed VPC 2007 on XP SP2 and I installed XP from a
>> self-made
>> slipstreamed CD (iso-file). After the setup was complete, XP was running
>> fine
>> and I could see all my physical hard drives.
>> I don't know if this is relevant, but after installing SP3 on my host
>> machine, I don't see my physical drives anymore. Where are they?
Sent: 05/25/2008
From: "Colin Barnhorst" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:You were looking at the host's Windows Explorer. The XP in the vm cannot
see what you describe unless you added two more virtual hard drives to it
and then the lettering still would not be referring to the drives on the
host. A vm cannot see the host's file system. The host and guest are
separate computers.
"Deo Galvano" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...
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> "Bo Berglund" wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 25 May 2008 03:35:01 -0700, Deo Galvano
>> <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>>
>> >"Bo Berglund" wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Sat, 24 May 2008 14:14:02 -0700, Deo Galvano
>> >> <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >Maybe I was not correct in describing the system:
>> >> >Physical machine = XP SP3;
>> >> >VPC 2007, XP SP2
>> >> >
>> >> >When, on the physical machine, SP2 was active, I installed VPC 2007
>> >> >and I
>> >> >saw in VPC all my hard drives. Now, with SP3 on the physical machine,
>> >> >I see
>> >> >the hard drives on the physical machine, but I don't see them in the
>> >> >VPC.
>> >>
>> >> There is one thing additionally you can do instead of removing XP SP3:
>> >> Install VPC2007 SP1, it has support for XP SP3 as host:
>> >> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=28c97d22-6eb8-4a09-a7f7-f6c7a1f000b5&displaylang=en
>> >> I don't know if it helps your particular problem, but worth a try.
>> >>
>> >Thank you for your answer. I installed VPC SP1, but this has not the
>> >desired
>> >result. Maybe XP SP3 is also required on VPC? I'll give it a try.
>>
>> I haven't upgraded VPC2007 myself and I have not installed XP SP3
>> either so I cannot talk from first-hand experience...
>> Again, what do you mean with "I see the hard drives"?? Where do you
>> have this problem (host or guest) and in which context (which viewer
>> are you using)???
>> I personally cannot really relate to "seeing a hard drive" except in
>> the Windows Explorer views and that is *always* the local hard disk
>> being "visible"...
>>
>>
>> Bo Berglund
>
> Sorry I was incomplete with my answer.
> What I mean is this: after installing VPC for the first time and after
> installing XP in VPC, I opened Windows Explorer.
> In Windows explorer I saw "This Computer" and under "this computer" I saw
> all my physical harddrives:
>
> - This computer
> + 3,5 inch disk station (A:)
> + C:
> + D:
> + E:
> + F:
> ......
> + DVD-rw-station (J:)
>
> etc.
>
> Now I only see the C: and D: where D: is the DVD-rw.
>
> I hope this makes it clear to you. I don't know how to describe it in an
> other way. My English is not that good :(
Sent: 05/25/2008
From: Bo Berglund <(email address - cut out)>
Message:On Sun, 25 May 2008 03:35:01 -0700, Deo Galvano
<(email address - cut out)> wrote:
I haven't upgraded VPC2007 myself and I have not installed XP SP3
either so I cannot talk from first-hand experience...
Again, what do you mean with "I see the hard drives"?? Where do you
have this problem (host or guest) and in which context (which viewer
are you using)???
I personally cannot really relate to "seeing a hard drive" except in
the Windows Explorer views and that is *always* the local hard disk
being "visible"...
Bo Berglund
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>"Bo Berglund" wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 24 May 2008 14:14:02 -0700, Deo Galvano
>> <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>>
>> >Maybe I was not correct in describing the system:
>> >Physical machine = XP SP3;
>> >VPC 2007, XP SP2
>> >
>> >When, on the physical machine, SP2 was active, I installed VPC 2007 and I
>> >saw in VPC all my hard drives. Now, with SP3 on the physical machine, I see
>> >the hard drives on the physical machine, but I don't see them in the VPC.
>>
>> There is one thing additionally you can do instead of removing XP SP3:
>> Install VPC2007 SP1, it has support for XP SP3 as host:
>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=28c97d22-6eb8-4a09-a7f7-f6c7a1f000b5&displaylang=en
>> I don't know if it helps your particular problem, but worth a try.
>>
>Thank you for your answer. I installed VPC SP1, but this has not the desired
>result. Maybe XP SP3 is also required on VPC? I'll give it a try.
Sent: 05/26/2008
From: Bo Berglund <(email address - cut out)>
Message:On Sun, 25 May 2008 13:01:02 -0700, Deo Galvano
<(email address - cut out)> wrote:
Which Windows Explorer? The one on your host system or the one on your
guest system (inside the virtual machine)???
This looks like Windows Explorer on your *host* system and is
completely normal.
This looks like Windows Explorer *inside* the guest system and is
completely normal.
So far no error.
What is your problem?
Note that Windows Explorer on either the host or guest will only show
you the drive resources of *that particular* system.
You don't expect Windows Explorer on your PC to show the drives of
your friend's PC, right? Same thing here....
Bo Berglund
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>> Again, what do you mean with "I see the hard drives"?? Where do you
>> have this problem (host or guest) and in which context (which viewer
>> are you using)???
>> I personally cannot really relate to "seeing a hard drive" except in
>> the Windows Explorer views and that is *always* the local hard disk
>> being "visible"...
>
>Sorry I was incomplete with my answer.
>What I mean is this: after installing VPC for the first time and after
>installing XP in VPC, I opened Windows Explorer.
>In Windows explorer I saw "This Computer" and under "this computer" I saw
>all my physical harddrives:
>
>- This computer
> + 3,5 inch disk station (A:)
> + C:
> + D:
> + E:
> + F:
> ......
> + DVD-rw-station (J:)
>
>
>Now I only see the C: and D: where D: is the DVD-rw.
Sent: 05/27/2008
From: Deo Galvano
Message:You're probably right, Colin. Same answer from Bo Berglund. It's the first
time for me using VPC and I think I mixed up two things. Sorry you for
spending your valuable time to a newbie.
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
8<
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> You were looking at the host's Windows Explorer. The XP in the vm cannot
> see what you describe unless you added two more virtual hard drives to it
> and then the lettering still would not be referring to the drives on the
> host. A vm cannot see the host's file system. The host and guest are
> separate computers.
> > Sorry I was incomplete with my answer.
> > What I mean is this: after installing VPC for the first time and after
> > installing XP in VPC, I opened Windows Explorer.
> > In Windows explorer I saw "This Computer" and under "this computer" I saw
> > all my physical harddrives:
> >
> > - This computer
> > + 3,5 inch disk station (A:)
> > + C:
> > + D:
> > + E:
> > + F:
> > ......
> > + DVD-rw-station (J:)
> >
> > etc.
> >
> > Now I only see the C: and D: where D: is the DVD-rw.
> >
> > I hope this makes it clear to you. I don't know how to describe it in an
> > other way. My English is not that good :(
>
Sent: 05/27/2008
From: Deo Galvano
Message:
"Bo Berglund" wrote:
You're probably right, Bo. Same answer from Colin Barnhorst. It's the first
time for me using VPC and I think I mixed up two things. Sorry for spending
your valuable time to a newbie.
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> On Sun, 25 May 2008 13:01:02 -0700, Deo Galvano
> <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>
> >> Again, what do you mean with "I see the hard drives"?? Where do you
> >> have this problem (host or guest) and in which context (which viewer
> >> are you using)???
> >> I personally cannot really relate to "seeing a hard drive" except in
> >> the Windows Explorer views and that is *always* the local hard disk
> >> being "visible"...
> >
> >Sorry I was incomplete with my answer.
> >What I mean is this: after installing VPC for the first time and after
> >installing XP in VPC, I opened Windows Explorer.
>
> Which Windows Explorer? The one on your host system or the one on your
> guest system (inside the virtual machine)???
>
> >In Windows explorer I saw "This Computer" and under "this computer" I saw
> >all my physical harddrives:
> >
> >- This computer
> > + 3,5 inch disk station (A:)
> > + C:
> > + D:
> > + E:
> > + F:
> > ......
> > + DVD-rw-station (J:)
> >
> This looks like Windows Explorer on your *host* system and is
> completely normal.
>
> >
> >Now I only see the C: and D: where D: is the DVD-rw.
>
> This looks like Windows Explorer *inside* the guest system and is
> completely normal.
> So far no error.
> What is your problem?
>
> Note that Windows Explorer on either the host or guest will only show
> you the drive resources of *that particular* system.
> You don't expect Windows Explorer on your PC to show the drives of
> your friend's PC, right? Same thing here....
>
>
> Bo Berglund
Sent: 05/28/2008
From: "Colin Barnhorst" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:We were all newbies some time. No prob.
"Deo Galvano" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...
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> You're probably right, Colin. Same answer from Bo Berglund. It's the first
> time for me using VPC and I think I mixed up two things. Sorry you for
> spending your valuable time to a newbie.
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
>
>> You were looking at the host's Windows Explorer. The XP in the vm cannot
>> see what you describe unless you added two more virtual hard drives to it
>> and then the lettering still would not be referring to the drives on the
>> host. A vm cannot see the host's file system. The host and guest are
>> separate computers.
>
> 8<
>
>> > Sorry I was incomplete with my answer.
>> > What I mean is this: after installing VPC for the first time and after
>> > installing XP in VPC, I opened Windows Explorer.
>> > In Windows explorer I saw "This Computer" and under "this computer" I
>> > saw
>> > all my physical harddrives:
>> >
>> > - This computer
>> > + 3,5 inch disk station (A:)
>> > + C:
>> > + D:
>> > + E:
>> > + F:
>> > ......
>> > + DVD-rw-station (J:)
>> >
>> > etc.
>> >
>> > Now I only see the C: and D: where D: is the DVD-rw.
>> >
>> > I hope this makes it clear to you. I don't know how to describe it in
>> > an
>> > other way. My English is not that good :(
>>
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