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Transferring Virtual PC disk files from one computer to another

Source: microsoft.public.virtualpc
Sent: 10/28/2008
From: Larry
Message:

I have just purchased a new computer running Vista 64-bit. My old computer
is a Vista 32-bit running Virtual PC 2007. I have several Virtual pc's on
my old computer that I need to transfer to my new Vista 64-bit computer
running Virtual PC 2007 64-bit. Can I transfer these Virtual PC's/disk
files to my new computer and have them run? If so how?

Thanks for your help.

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Re: Transferring Virtual PC disk files from one computer to another

Sent: 10/28/2008
From: "Steve Jain [MVP]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:34:58 -0000, "Mark Rae [MVP]"
<(email address - cut out)> wrote:

After you copy both the .vmc and .vhd files to the new computer, as
long as they're in the same path locationm, i.e. d:\myVMs\
You can also copy the shortcuts from your old system to your new one
and not have to manually re-add them to the VPC List.
The short-cuts are located here:
C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application
Data\Microsoft\Virtual PC\Virtual Machines
You'll need to start VPC for it to create this folder, after that
close it, and then copy the shortcuts from your old system to your new
system.

--
Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/

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>"Larry" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>news:(email address - cut out)...
>
>>I have just purchased a new computer running Vista 64-bit. My old
>>computer
>> is a Vista 32-bit running Virtual PC 2007. I have several Virtual pc's
>> on
>> my old computer that I need to transfer to my new Vista 64-bit computer
>> running Virtual PC 2007 64-bit. Can I transfer these Virtual PC's/disk
>> files to my new computer and have them run?
>
>Yes.
>
>> If so how?
>
>Virtual PC creates and maintains virtual machines in files on the host's
>hard disk, just like e.g. Microsoft Excel creates and maintains worksheet
>files on disk.
>
>To copy your virtual machines from one place to another, use copy and paste
>in Windows Explorer just as you would copy any other file from one location
>to another...

Re: Transferring Virtual PC disk files from one computer to another

Sent: 10/28/2008
From: "Mark Rae [MVP]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

"Larry" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...

Yes.

Virtual PC creates and maintains virtual machines in files on the host's
hard disk, just like e.g. Microsoft Excel creates and maintains worksheet
files on disk.

To copy your virtual machines from one place to another, use copy and paste
in Windows Explorer just as you would copy any other file from one location
to another...

--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net

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>I have just purchased a new computer running Vista 64-bit. My old
>computer
> is a Vista 32-bit running Virtual PC 2007. I have several Virtual pc's
> on
> my old computer that I need to transfer to my new Vista 64-bit computer
> running Virtual PC 2007 64-bit. Can I transfer these Virtual PC's/disk
> files to my new computer and have them run?
> If so how?

Re: Transferring Virtual PC disk files from one computer to anothe

Sent: 11/03/2008
From: Larry
Message:

I have tried coping the files to my new computer. Actually, I have copied
the files several times. The path on both computer are the same. When I try
to run the virtual machines I get an error "A disk read error occurred Press
Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart" I have restarted the virtual computer several
times with no success.

Any idea what the problem is?

"Steve Jain [MVP]" wrote:

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> On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:34:58 -0000, "Mark Rae [MVP]"
> <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>
> >"Larry" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> >news:(email address - cut out)...
> >
> >>I have just purchased a new computer running Vista 64-bit. My old
> >>computer
> >> is a Vista 32-bit running Virtual PC 2007. I have several Virtual pc's
> >> on
> >> my old computer that I need to transfer to my new Vista 64-bit computer
> >> running Virtual PC 2007 64-bit. Can I transfer these Virtual PC's/disk
> >> files to my new computer and have them run?
> >
> >Yes.
> >
> >> If so how?
> >
> >Virtual PC creates and maintains virtual machines in files on the host's
> >hard disk, just like e.g. Microsoft Excel creates and maintains worksheet
> >files on disk.
> >
> >To copy your virtual machines from one place to another, use copy and paste
> >in Windows Explorer just as you would copy any other file from one location
> >to another...
>
> After you copy both the .vmc and .vhd files to the new computer, as
> long as they're in the same path locationm, i.e. d:\myVMs\
> You can also copy the shortcuts from your old system to your new one
> and not have to manually re-add them to the VPC List.
> The short-cuts are located here:
> C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application
> Data\Microsoft\Virtual PC\Virtual Machines
> You'll need to start VPC for it to create this folder, after that
> close it, and then copy the shortcuts from your old system to your new
> system.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
> http://vpc.essjae.com/
>

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