Sent: 04/13/2007
From: Samboread
Message:OK Sweet thanks for the help
"Bo Berglund" wrote:
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> On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 22:12:00 -0700, Samboread
> <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>
> >when it says formatting C: drive when running windows 98 or ubuntu 6.10 is it
> >realy
> >formatting C: drive or just the virtual drive?
> >
> >Because I want to run either one of these OS's but when it gets to the
> >formatting part I get worried that it will format My real C: drive and cancel
> >it
>
> All messages seen in the virtual machine window are referring to the
> virtual PC environment. The drive is the virtual drive of course. Why
> do you think that VPC would go formatting the physical drive? It makes
> no sense...
>
>
> Bo Berglund
> bo.berglund(at)nospam.telia.com
>
Sent: 04/14/2007
From: "Jeff Boyce" <(email address - cut out)-DISCARD_HYPHEN_TO_END>
Message:I ran into the same message and it set me back until I verified (through
these 'groups) that the virtual C: would be formatted. A less ambiguous
warning message would have been helpful.
I suspected that it was the virtual's C: that would be formatted, but the
consequence of guessing wrong would have been more than I was willing to
risk.
Regards
Jeff Boyce
Microsoft Office/Access MVP
"Bo Berglund" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...
is it
cancel
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> On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 22:12:00 -0700, Samboread
> <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>
> >when it says formatting C: drive when running windows 98 or ubuntu 6.10
> >realy
> >formatting C: drive or just the virtual drive?
> >
> >Because I want to run either one of these OS's but when it gets to the
> >formatting part I get worried that it will format My real C: drive and
> >it
>
> All messages seen in the virtual machine window are referring to the
> virtual PC environment. The drive is the virtual drive of course. Why
> do you think that VPC would go formatting the physical drive? It makes
> no sense...
>
>
> Bo Berglund
> bo.berglund(at)nospam.telia.com
Sent: 04/14/2007
From: Bo Berglund <(email address - cut out)>
Message:On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 22:12:00 -0700, Samboread
<(email address - cut out)> wrote:
All messages seen in the virtual machine window are referring to the
virtual PC environment. The drive is the virtual drive of course. Why
do you think that VPC would go formatting the physical drive? It makes
no sense...
Bo Berglund
bo.berglund(at)nospam.telia.com
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>when it says formatting C: drive when running windows 98 or ubuntu 6.10 is it
>realy
>formatting C: drive or just the virtual drive?
>
>Because I want to run either one of these OS's but when it gets to the
>formatting part I get worried that it will format My real C: drive and cancel
>it
Sent: 04/14/2007
From: Bo Berglund <(email address - cut out)>
Message:On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 06:31:22 -0700, "Jeff Boyce"
<(email address - cut out)-DISCARD_HYPHEN_TO_END> wrote:
Please,
the message is displayed by the install program running *in the
virtual machine*. This program has no information whatsoever that it
is running in a virtual PC!
You *have* to realize that the virtual machine is to be considered as
a totally separate PC especially for the software running on that PC.
That is the whole purpose of the virtual PC system, right?
So how could an operating system installer output a message saying
that it is about to format the *virtual* drive when it has no
knowledge at all that it is running in a virtual environemnt??????
Bo Berglund
bo.berglund(at)nospam.telia.com
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>I ran into the same message and it set me back until I verified (through
>these 'groups) that the virtual C: would be formatted. A less ambiguous
>warning message would have been helpful.
>
>I suspected that it was the virtual's C: that would be formatted, but the
>consequence of guessing wrong would have been more than I was willing to
>risk.
>
Sent: 04/14/2007
From: "Mark Rae" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:"Jeff Boyce" <(email address - cut out)-DISCARD_HYPHEN_TO_END> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...
Er....
You're not seriously suggesting that you thought that it was going to format
your physical hard disk, are you...?
Really...?
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>I ran into the same message and it set me back until I verified (through
> these 'groups) that the virtual C: would be formatted. A less ambiguous
> warning message would have been helpful.
> I suspected that it was the virtual's C: that would be formatted, but the
> consequence of guessing wrong would have been more than I was willing to
> risk.
> Microsoft Office/Access MVP
Sent: 05/04/2007
From: "Jeff Boyce" <(email address - cut out)-DISCARD_HYPHEN_TO_END>
Message:Bo, Mark
Yes, I actually did ask myself that question. Perhaps I was being too
"conservative".
Your responses suggest little patience with folks who don't know something
you do... did you intend to convey that impression? After all, isn't that
why folks post here in the 'groups, to learn more about things they don't
know enough about?
Regards
Jeff Boyce
Microsoft Office/Access MVP
"Jeff Boyce" <(email address - cut out)-DISCARD_HYPHEN_TO_END> wrote in message
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> I ran into the same message and it set me back until I verified (through
> these 'groups) that the virtual C: would be formatted. A less ambiguous
> warning message would have been helpful.
>
> I suspected that it was the virtual's C: that would be formatted, but the
> consequence of guessing wrong would have been more than I was willing to
> risk.
>
> Regards
>
> Jeff Boyce
> Microsoft Office/Access MVP
>
> "Bo Berglund" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
> > On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 22:12:00 -0700, Samboread
> > <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
> >
> > >when it says formatting C: drive when running windows 98 or ubuntu 6.10
> is it
> > >realy
> > >formatting C: drive or just the virtual drive?
> > >
> > >Because I want to run either one of these OS's but when it gets to the
> > >formatting part I get worried that it will format My real C: drive and
> cancel
> > >it
> >
> > All messages seen in the virtual machine window are referring to the
> > virtual PC environment. The drive is the virtual drive of course. Why
> > do you think that VPC would go formatting the physical drive? It makes
> > no sense...
> >
> >
> > Bo Berglund
> > bo.berglund(at)nospam.telia.com
>
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