virtual drive

Hi all Guru's...finally decided to have a look and tried to install Win8 on a Virtual Disk (VHD) using Windows 7 disk management and following the instructions show here Guide to Installing and Booting Windows 8 Developer Preview off a VHD (Virtual Hard Disk) - Scott Hanselman despite being...

Daemon tools was giving me blue screens and I'm not sure what software is a good replacement for it so I thought I would ask here. I would appreciate it if the software does not have a history of causing problems for people either xD

Is it possible to successfully backup and restore Windows 7 pro with the XP virtual disc installed with Acronis or similar programs? If so, are any special precautions required? If possible please copy reply to judithatsea@yahoo.com. Thanks so much!

You have a Virtual Disk Service (VDS) 3.0 hardware provider installed that supports “LUN NUMBER SUPPORTED” feature on a computer (HOST) that is running Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7. When you run the Diskraid command to list the LUNs on the... Link Removed

I am trying to upgrade to Windows 7 64 bit from Vista 64 bit. When I put in the Windows 7 installation disk into the DVD drive and click "Install Now", it goes to a full-screen setup page, which reads: - Setup is copying temporary files... - Setup is starting... - Then an error message pops up...

Recently, I've been unable to access my F: drive. When I double click on the drive I get en error that says "Application Not Found". I can, however right click on the drive and open it that way, it's just extremely annoying. It doesn't matter what device is set as the F: drive, be it a UBS...

Has anybody used Windows 7 Virtual Hard Disk for a bootable OS? I I ran across this Link Removed and wondered if there are any pitfalls. It looks like it might be an improvement over a Virtual PC. Is there a problem when deleting the Virtual hard Disk? Joe

Problem When installing a program with a setup file from my data partition (E:\) or a (virtual) disk to C:\ I get error codes indicating installer cannot create files in the temp folder. When I then copy the setup file to anywhere on C:\ it runs and installs without any problem. So I can't...

Hi! Thank you for reading this. Here's my problem: Problem I get errors when trying to install programs. They seem to relate to the temp folders. I have 4 partitions on my HD: a system partition of 100mb, c:\ 110GB with windows and programs, D:\ 8Gb for virtual mem, E:\ 800+GB data. When I...

A leak Wednesday has uncovered plans for Windows 8 to imitate the behavior of Time Machine in Mac OS X. Nicknamed History Vault, it would use the Shadow Copies feature that came as early as Vista but give it a proper visual interface for restoring older files. The WinRumors shot doesn't provide...

I have an *.iso file on my hard disc. What is the easiest was to map this Ü.iso file to a (free) driver letter (e.g. M:) ? I don't want to burn it on a DVD and access it in my DVD drive Is there a Win7 built-in way? Peter

Ok first things first I'm sorry for the vague title but I don't know how else to describe it. Also I'm on my iPod touch typing this so please forgive crappy grammer or spelling. Now my problem, it started when I took my laptop to work. I booted up like always. But I noticed that my aero theme...

I have been experimenting with my Netbook for a week. I have been trying out 5 different brands of Linux installed alongside my Windows 7. Ubuntu Netbook,Kubuntu Netbook,Xubuntu,Linux Mint and jolicoud. As I could not install Ubuntu,Kubuntu and Xubuntu with Wubi installer,I installed them on...

Hello I recently had much trouble with my computer and was reinstalling OS many times! XP and win7. When i was installing windows 7 there were 3 virtual drives one about 400 mb named windows reserved and 2 others each (300gb) the 3d one was backup I formatted first 2 deleted partitions, made...

This topic might be a repost, please forgive me for being a noob... Does anyone on here use Windows 7 Professional? I installed it (legally) from XP using a CD and now it wont detect any IDE CD ROM drives or any Virtual drives. I've tried using two seperate CD drives, and Windows will not...

Hello, looking for some help with a couple of boot issues i'm having with my Windows 7 computer. I had better start from the beginning: This computer has 4 HDDs, 2x 1TB HDDs for storage, 2 for my seperate windows installations. Story: The first operating system was Windows XP and is...

I successfully created a 100GB hard drive and then successfully detached it. I was under the assumption that this process would create a virtual hard drive from some where other than my C drive. Hence virtual, and not take physical space from a real drive. I was totally disappointed and for me...

True Crypt Downloads Free open-source disk encryption software for Windows 7/Vista/XP, Mac OS X, and Linux Main Features: - Creates a virtual encrypted disk within a file and mounts it as a real disk. - Encrypts an entire partition or storage device such as USB flash drive or hard...

Hi, Ok i've not used a Hyperviser before and before I go any further with it I was hoping someone could help me out with a couple of queries that I cant find much information on. The Setup: I have an old server lazing around its a AMD Athlon x64 3600+ with 1GB of RAM. It is currently running...

What is the best iso and other formats manager and mount? List please