takuma2004 Posted August 19, 2004 Posted August 19, 2004 Hi allI have run out of cd-rs and cd-rws. I have made a slipstreamed WINXP SP2 Bootable CD ISO. Is it possible that i can install WINXP SP2 without burning the iso onto a cd using virtual drive. I mean if i use alcohol 120%, it will allow me make a virtual drive then i will mount an iso. After mounting the iso, is it possible that the computer can boot the iso like it boots the bootable cd?
Spyder2k Posted August 19, 2004 Posted August 19, 2004 VMware Workstation 4.5 software can do this. It creates a virtual PC environment, so you can have several virtual OS's inside of your 'real' OS. VMware Workstation also allows you to use a mout an ISO as a virtual drive in your virtual OS.
takuma2004 Posted August 19, 2004 Author Posted August 19, 2004 I think you didn't get what i mean. What i want to do is to install WINXP SP2 using virtual drive, in other words, when i mount the iso and restart the computer, the computer should read/boot the iso automatically just like when you insert a bootable cd.
glent Posted August 19, 2004 Posted August 19, 2004 pointless when u consider cdrs are pennies these days u should use virtual pc to test the cd with out affecting you current setup
eagle00789 Posted August 19, 2004 Posted August 19, 2004 Hi allI have run out of cd-rs and cd-rws. I have made a slipstreamed WINXP SP2 Bootable CD ISO. Is it possible that i can install WINXP SP2 without burning the iso onto a cd using virtual drive. I mean if i use alcohol 120%, it will allow me make a virtual drive then i will mount an iso. After mounting the iso, is it possible that the computer can boot the iso like it boots the bootable cd?Unfortunatly, this is not possible, because that virtual drive that comes with alcohol, is SOFTWARE, and when windows XP is not completely loaded (in normal mode and not safe-mode), is doesn't recognise that virtual cd-romdrive
eagle00789 Posted August 19, 2004 Posted August 19, 2004 Just as a sidenote: you can erase a cd-rw using any burning program. (the disc itself should mention cd-rw
Spyder2k Posted August 19, 2004 Posted August 19, 2004 Just one thing additionally, VMware is able to use an existing 'real' drive as a virtual drive so if you do an install from within VMWare onto that drive it may be bootable (haven't tested). The thing is you will need an OS running in order to run VMWare.
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