rebooting in virtual mode
mimics a real reboot with
your physical computer.

rebooting in virtual pc
is simply restarting the
vpc file you created.

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review the menu options
carefully.

it is a two phase process:

firstly, you will need to
create a vpc file, designate
size and location.

for example you would have
created a linux vpc with
20 gigs of space and maybe
assign 50% of you memory
to it.

afterwards you will double
click that file name in vpc
and a window will open.

secondly:

the window will mimic
a blank hard disk on
a computer.

you should see your bios
read outs, as if you were
actually booting your
physical computer.

then go to the menu and
select the option for it
to boot with the .iso
cd to initiate install or
setup.

you may have to search
and or target your cd drive
or if you downloaded an
iso file to the hard disk,
search and point to it.

what will then occur is
that the blank window will
begin producing a read out
as though your installing
the o.s.

my suggestion is to use
a freeware like ubantu.

that way if you make a
mistake you can delete
the vpc file you made and
start over with refined
settings.

try not to install windows
in vpc yet, because it
will require activation
although it will be virtualized.


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"paul3200" <p710a******.co.uk> wrote in message news:6F13FAE2-57FB-41B4-A7E6-3BF1FA2D9A06@microsoft.com...
> not sure if this is the right place. but oh well. i have recently downloaded
> Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 and when i try to run another opperating system on
> the Virtual console it says 'Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert
> Boot Media in selected Boot device' what does this mean how can i fix this