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XP Opens Extremely Slow

Source: microsoft.public.virtualpc
Sent: 03/13/2007
From: "JamesJ" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

I have Vista Home Premium as the host PC and XP Home Edition
installed as guest in VirtualPC. XP takes forever to start and when it
does it seems any operation takes forever.I've increased the amount
of ram to 512 (I believe is the highest) but it didn't help.
Isn't there an operating system such as DOS I might install that I can
run my old DOS games from??!! I've looked on the internet for DOS 6.22
but found no link anywhere to download the program. XP is way too
rescource hogging for what I want to do.

James

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Re: XP Opens Extremely Slow

Sent: 03/13/2007
From: "ace_away" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Buy an old copy of Win2K or Win98.

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

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>I have Vista Home Premium as the host PC and XP Home Edition
> installed as guest in VirtualPC. XP takes forever to start and when it
> does it seems any operation takes forever.I've increased the amount
> of ram to 512 (I believe is the highest) but it didn't help.
> Isn't there an operating system such as DOS I might install that I can
> run my old DOS games from??!! I've looked on the internet for DOS 6.22
> but found no link anywhere to download the program. XP is way too
> rescource hogging for what I want to do.
>
> James
>
>

Re: XP Opens Extremely Slow

Sent: 03/13/2007
From: GRAND_POOBAH <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

512Mb of RAM for XP is not enough normally. Any XP install with that
amount would be very slow to respond. Running DOS games under XP isn't
an option as there is no underlying "DOS" under XP.

DOS6.22 disks can be had, but at the moment I don't remember where they
are on the web.

GP

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> I have Vista Home Premium as the host PC and XP Home Edition
> installed as guest in VirtualPC. XP takes forever to start and when it
> does it seems any operation takes forever.I've increased the amount
> of ram to 512 (I believe is the highest) but it didn't help.
> Isn't there an operating system such as DOS I might install that I can
> run my old DOS games from??!! I've looked on the internet for DOS 6.22
> but found no link anywhere to download the program. XP is way too
> rescource hogging for what I want to do.
>
> James
>
>

RE: XP Opens Extremely Slow

Sent: 03/13/2007
From: Steve Jain
Message:

512MB coule be too much RAM, depending on how much your physical system has.
An XP VM will run decently on 256MB of RAM.

Make sure that you've installed the VM Additions. This will give you the
biggest performance boost.

MS DOS is not a free OS, so it's not going to be available for download.

You could look into free alternatives like FreeDOS to run in VPC, or also
DOSBox which is an alternative to VPC for running DOS programs.

"JamesJ" wrote:

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> I have Vista Home Premium as the host PC and XP Home Edition
> installed as guest in VirtualPC. XP takes forever to start and when it
> does it seems any operation takes forever.I've increased the amount
> of ram to 512 (I believe is the highest) but it didn't help.
> Isn't there an operating system such as DOS I might install that I can
> run my old DOS games from??!! I've looked on the internet for DOS 6.22
> but found no link anywhere to download the program. XP is way too
> rescource hogging for what I want to do.
>
> James
>
>
>

Re: XP Opens Extremely Slow

Sent: 03/14/2007
From: "David B." <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Not true on a VM, 512MB is more than enough.

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"GRAND_POOBAH" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
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> 512Mb of RAM for XP is not enough normally. Any XP install with that
> amount would be very slow to respond. Running DOS games under XP isn't an
> option as there is no underlying "DOS" under XP.
>
> DOS6.22 disks can be had, but at the moment I don't remember where they
> are on the web.
>
> GP
>
> --->
>> I have Vista Home Premium as the host PC and XP Home Edition
>> installed as guest in VirtualPC. XP takes forever to start and when it
>> does it seems any operation takes forever.I've increased the amount
>> of ram to 512 (I believe is the highest) but it didn't help.
>> Isn't there an operating system such as DOS I might install that I can
>> run my old DOS games from??!! I've looked on the internet for DOS 6.22
>> but found no link anywhere to download the program. XP is way too
>> rescource hogging for what I want to do.
>>
>> James
>>

Re: XP Opens Extremely Slow

Sent: 03/14/2007
From: "David B." <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

2k would be a poor choice for running DOS games.

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http://www.db-pc.com
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"ace_away" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
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> Buy an old copy of Win2K or Win98.
>
>
> "JamesJ" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
>>I have Vista Home Premium as the host PC and XP Home Edition
>> installed as guest in VirtualPC. XP takes forever to start and when it
>> does it seems any operation takes forever.I've increased the amount
>> of ram to 512 (I believe is the highest) but it didn't help.
>> Isn't there an operating system such as DOS I might install that I can
>> run my old DOS games from??!! I've looked on the internet for DOS 6.22
>> but found no link anywhere to download the program. XP is way too
>> rescource hogging for what I want to do.
>>
>> James
>>
>>
>
>

RE: XP Opens Extremely Slow

Sent: 03/15/2007
From: David Mee
Message:

Can you explain how you set this up - on mine it complains that Vista Home
Premium isn't supported (why when everything else is!) and I can't load and
vrtual PC's :-(

"JamesJ" wrote:

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> I have Vista Home Premium as the host PC and XP Home Edition
> installed as guest in VirtualPC. XP takes forever to start and when it
> does it seems any operation takes forever.I've increased the amount
> of ram to 512 (I believe is the highest) but it didn't help.
> Isn't there an operating system such as DOS I might install that I can
> run my old DOS games from??!! I've looked on the internet for DOS 6.22
> but found no link anywhere to download the program. XP is way too
> rescource hogging for what I want to do.
>
> James
>
>
>

Re: XP Opens Extremely Slow

Sent: 03/15/2007
From: "JamesJ" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

I'm going to give FreeDOS a shot but I have a question.
I downloaded the ISO file for FreeDos. I'm assuming I need
3rd party software to extract the files??

Thanks,
James

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

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> 512MB coule be too much RAM, depending on how much your physical system
> has.
> An XP VM will run decently on 256MB of RAM.
>
> Make sure that you've installed the VM Additions. This will give you the
> biggest performance boost.
>
> MS DOS is not a free OS, so it's not going to be available for download.
>
> You could look into free alternatives like FreeDOS to run in VPC, or also
> DOSBox which is an alternative to VPC for running DOS programs.
>
> "JamesJ" wrote:
>
>> I have Vista Home Premium as the host PC and XP Home Edition
>> installed as guest in VirtualPC. XP takes forever to start and when it
>> does it seems any operation takes forever.I've increased the amount
>> of ram to 512 (I believe is the highest) but it didn't help.
>> Isn't there an operating system such as DOS I might install that I can
>> run my old DOS games from??!! I've looked on the internet for DOS 6.22
>> but found no link anywhere to download the program. XP is way too
>> rescource hogging for what I want to do.
>>
>> James
>>
>>
>>

Re: XP Opens Extremely Slow

Sent: 03/15/2007
From: "Robert Comer" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

You also need a DOS boot disk with CDRom drivers to read it...

--
Bob Comer <Microsoft MVP Windows - Virtual Machine>

"Bo Berglund" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 17:57:21 -0400, "JamesJ" <(email address - cut out)>
> wrote:
>
>>I'm going to give FreeDOS a shot but I have a question.
>>I downloaded the ISO file for FreeDos. I'm assuming I need
>>3rd party software to extract the files??
>>
>
> Why?
> An ISO file is just dragged to the VPC CD icon at the bottom and then
> it is "mounted" as a CD inside the virtual machine....
>
>
> Bo Berglund
> bo.berglund(at)nospam.telia.com

Re: XP Opens Extremely Slow

Sent: 03/15/2007
From: Steve Jain <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 19:50:39 -0700, "Robert Comer"
<(email address - cut out)> wrote:

IIRC, the FreeDOS ISO will boot directly. It has a Linux boot sector.

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

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>You also need a DOS boot disk with CDRom drivers to read it...

Re: XP Opens Extremely Slow

Sent: 03/16/2007
From: Bo Berglund <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 17:57:21 -0400, "JamesJ" <(email address - cut out)>
wrote:

Why?
An ISO file is just dragged to the VPC CD icon at the bottom and then
it is "mounted" as a CD inside the virtual machine....

Bo Berglund
bo.berglund(at)nospam.telia.com

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>I'm going to give FreeDOS a shot but I have a question.
>I downloaded the ISO file for FreeDos. I'm assuming I need
>3rd party software to extract the files??
>

Re: XP Opens Extremely Slow

Sent: 03/16/2007
From: "Robert Comer" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Cool, I didn't know that.

--
Bob Comer <Microsoft MVP Windows - Virtual Machine>

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

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> On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 19:50:39 -0700, "Robert Comer"
> <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>
>>You also need a DOS boot disk with CDRom drivers to read it...
>
> IIRC, the FreeDOS ISO will boot directly. It has a Linux boot sector.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
> http://vpc.essjae.com/

Re: XP Opens Extremely Slow

Sent: 03/16/2007
From: "Robert Comer" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

You need to reset the VM after you capture the CD.

--
Bob Comer <Microsoft MVP Windows - Virtual Machine>

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

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> VPC CD icon? Drag the file from where?
> I select capture ISO and select the ISO on the CD
> but nothing happens.
>
> James
>
> "Bo Berglund" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
>> On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 17:57:21 -0400, "JamesJ" <(email address - cut out)>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>I'm going to give FreeDOS a shot but I have a question.
>>>I downloaded the ISO file for FreeDos. I'm assuming I need
>>>3rd party software to extract the files??
>>>
>>
>> Why?
>> An ISO file is just dragged to the VPC CD icon at the bottom and then
>> it is "mounted" as a CD inside the virtual machine....
>>
>>
>> Bo Berglund
>> bo.berglund(at)nospam.telia.com
>

Re: XP Opens Extremely Slow

Sent: 03/16/2007
From: "JamesJ" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

VPC CD icon? Drag the file from where?
I select capture ISO and select the ISO on the CD
but nothing happens.

James

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

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Re: XP Opens Extremely Slow

Sent: 03/17/2007
From: "JamesJ" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Worked ok.

Thanks,
James

"Robert Comer" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
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> You need to reset the VM after you capture the CD.
>
> --
> Bob Comer <Microsoft MVP Windows - Virtual Machine>
>
>
>
> "JamesJ" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
>> VPC CD icon? Drag the file from where?
>> I select capture ISO and select the ISO on the CD
>> but nothing happens.
>>
>> James
>>
>> "Bo Berglund" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>> news:(email address - cut out)...
>>> On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 17:57:21 -0400, "JamesJ" <(email address - cut out)>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>I'm going to give FreeDOS a shot but I have a question.
>>>>I downloaded the ISO file for FreeDos. I'm assuming I need
>>>>3rd party software to extract the files??
>>>>
>>>
>>> Why?
>>> An ISO file is just dragged to the VPC CD icon at the bottom and then
>>> it is "mounted" as a CD inside the virtual machine....
>>>
>>>
>>> Bo Berglund
>>> bo.berglund(at)nospam.telia.com
>>
>
>

RE: XP Opens Extremely Slow

Sent: 04/29/2007
From: "Josh"<(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Try DOSbox (do a quick Google search), or install a 9x operating system such as Windows 98.

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> I have Vista Home Premium as the host PC and XP Home Edition
> installed as guest in VirtualPC. XP takes forever to start and when it
> does it seems any operation takes forever.I've increased the amount
> of ram to 512 (I believe is the highest) but it didn't help.
> Isn't there an operating system such as DOS I might install that I can
> run my old DOS games from??!! I've looked on the internet for DOS 6.22
> but found no link anywhere to download the program. XP is way too
> rescource hogging for what I want to do.
>
> James
>

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