> The problem is the same as if you simply removed the VAIO hard drive and
> tried to use it as the system drive in a new desktop. The machine would not
> boot up. You could use the VAIO hard drive as a second drive in a new
> machine, but I doubt that you could run your program that way. VPC works
> just like having a new machine. It has its own set of emulated hardware.
>
> The VAIO laptop has its own set of hardware that is very different from the
> hardware emulated by VPC in a virtual machine (guest). While you can ghost
> the VAIO hard drive and create a second virtual hard drive with that image
> for use with a Win98 guest, I doubt that you can run your program that way
> since it probably has to be installed on the guest's system drive.
>
> --
> Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
> "Mike2146" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
> > here's the problem I have, our work laptop has really old cash register
> > apps
> > on it for backing up/restoring programs. I can reinstall the software but
> > cannot relicense it since the software company went out of business. 1
> > computer is licensed old sony vaio win98. now I have a new gateway with xp
> > and I really don't wanna just clone 1 hard drive to the other (know it
> > will
> > work that way) if possible I would like to install VPC on the Gateway and
> > run
> > a clone of the sony hard drive
> > is this possible at all?
>
>
>

> here's the problem I have, our work laptop has really old cash register
> apps
> on it for backing up/restoring programs. I can reinstall the software but
> cannot relicense it since the software company went out of business. 1
> computer is licensed old sony vaio win98. now I have a new gateway with xp
> and I really don't wanna just clone 1 hard drive to the other (know it
> will
> work that way) if possible I would like to install VPC on the Gateway and
> run
> a clone of the sony hard drive
> is this possible at all?

> Yea but since it's running windows 98, it'll refind all the drivers. I've
> already cloned the hard drive to a desktop hard drive and it boots fine and
> then i just have to reinstall all the drivers. but with VPC how do i get a
> clone of the vaio hard drive to a VPC image?
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
>
> > The problem is the same as if you simply removed the VAIO hard drive and
> > tried to use it as the system drive in a new desktop. The machine would not
> > boot up. You could use the VAIO hard drive as a second drive in a new
> > machine, but I doubt that you could run your program that way. VPC works
> > just like having a new machine. It has its own set of emulated hardware.
> >
> > The VAIO laptop has its own set of hardware that is very different from the
> > hardware emulated by VPC in a virtual machine (guest). While you can ghost
> > the VAIO hard drive and create a second virtual hard drive with that image
> > for use with a Win98 guest, I doubt that you can run your program that way
> > since it probably has to be installed on the guest's system drive.
> >
> > --
> > Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
> > "Mike2146" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> > news:(email address - cut out)...
> > > here's the problem I have, our work laptop has really old cash register
> > > apps
> > > on it for backing up/restoring programs. I can reinstall the software but
> > > cannot relicense it since the software company went out of business. 1
> > > computer is licensed old sony vaio win98. now I have a new gateway with xp
> > > and I really don't wanna just clone 1 hard drive to the other (know it
> > > will
> > > work that way) if possible I would like to install VPC on the Gateway and
> > > run
> > > a clone of the sony hard drive
> > > is this possible at all?
> >
> >
> >

>Yea but since it's running windows 98, it'll refind all the drivers. I've
>already cloned the hard drive to a desktop hard drive and it boots fine and
>then i just have to reinstall all the drivers. but with VPC how do i get a
>clone of the vaio hard drive to a VPC image?
>