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can"t backup my virtual pc file!

Source: microsoft.public.mac.virtualpc
Sent: 01/22/2008
From: (email address - cut out)
Message:

Hello all, I have been having a problem trying to move or backup my virtual pc file (v7.0.3) off of the hard drive on my PowerBook G4. I have lived with it up until now, but I am migrating to a new macbook and want to get the file over to the new MacBook so I can import it into Parallels. Any help and suggestions on what is going on would be greatly appreciated! Cheers, P.J.

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Re: can"t backup my virtual pc file!

Sent: 01/22/2008
From: "David B." <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

It might help to describe what the problem is, most of us aren't mind
readers.

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> Hello all,
>
> I have been having a problem trying to move or backup my virtual pc file
> (v7.0.3) off of the hard drive on my PowerBook G4. I have lived with it up
> until now, but I am migrating to a new macbook and want to get the file
> over to the new MacBook so I can import it into Parallels. Any help and
> suggestions on what is going on would be greatly appreciated!
>
> Cheers,
>
> P.J.

Re: can"t backup my virtual pc file!

Sent: 01/22/2008
From: (email address - cut out)
Message:

David B, My apologies. Every time I have tried to move/backup my virtual pc file (Windows XP Home.vpc7), I always encounter an error saying it's unable to complete the action, wether it is trying to use time machine in leopard, a 3nd party backup program (Carbon Copy), or just plain drag and drop onto an external drive or copy over a firewire network to the new computer. The error messages are varied depending on the program (one is that finder cannot complete the operation because some data could not be read or written (error code -36)), but the end result is the same. It doesn't seem to be able to read the file to move it off of the hard drive. On the flip side, I have been able to move it internally from my personal documents folder to the shared user folder and the file still works fine. Again, I am at a loss what to do next and don't know what other details to offer. Any help would be appreciated! Cheers, P.J.

Re: can"t backup my virtual pc file!

Sent: 01/22/2008
From: (email address - cut out)
Message:

Fred, All of the drive have been Mac OS extended drives. the file is a shade under 15GB. The actions seem to hang up at the 2.82GB point. Cheers, P.J.

Re: can"t backup my virtual pc file!

Sent: 01/22/2008
From: Fred Horvat <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

The destination drive how is it formatted and how large is the Windows XP
Home.vpc7? Reason I ask is that if the external drive is formatted as FAT32
there is a 4Gig file size limit. A Mac OSX Extended drive the file size
limit is much higher.

On 1/22/08 9:15 PM, in article (email address - cut out)absDaxw,
"(email address - cut out)" <(email address - cut out)> wrote:

Re: can't backup my virtual pc file!

The d=
estination drive how is it formatted and how large is the Windows XP Home.vp=
c7? Reason I ask is that if the external drive is formatted as FAT32 t=
here is a 4Gig file size limit. A Mac OSX Extended drive the file size=
limit is much higher.

On 1/22/08 9:15 PM, in article (email address - cut out)absDaxw, "P.J=
(email address - cut out)" wrote:

David B,

My apologies. Every time I have tried to move/backup my virtual pc fi=
le (Windows XP Home.vpc7), I always encounter an error saying it's unable to=
complete the action, wether it is trying to use time machine in leopard, a =
3nd party backup program (Carbon Copy), or just plain drag and drop onto an =
external drive or copy over a firewire network to the new computer. &n=
bsp;

The error messages are varied depending on the program (one is that finder =
cannot complete the operation because some data could not be read or written=
(error code -36)), but the end result is the same. It doesn't seem to=
be able to read the file to move it off of the hard drive. On the fli=
p side, I have been able to move it internally from my personal documents fo=
lder to the shared user folder and the file still works fine.

Again, I am at a loss what to do next and don't know what other details to =
offer. Any help would be appreciated!

Cheers,

P.J.

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> David B,
>
> My apologies. Every time I have tried to move/backup my virtual pc file
> (Windows XP Home.vpc7), I always encounter an error saying it's unable to
> complete the action, wether it is trying to use time machine in leopard, a 3nd
> party backup program (Carbon Copy), or just plain drag and drop onto an
> external drive or copy over a firewire network to the new computer.
>
> The error messages are varied depending on the program (one is that finder
> cannot complete the operation because some data could not be read or written
> (error code -36)), but the end result is the same. It doesn't seem to be able
> to read the file to move it off of the hard drive. On the flip side, I have
> been able to move it internally from my personal documents folder to the
> shared user folder and the file still works fine.
>
> Again, I am at a loss what to do next and don't know what other details to
> offer. Any help would be appreciated!
>
> Cheers,
>
> P.J.

Re: can"t backup my virtual pc file!

Sent: 01/23/2008
From: Barry Margolin <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

In article <(email address - cut out)absDaxw>, (email address - cut out)
wrote:

Sounds to me like there may be a disk error at that point in the file.

BTW, please post plain text, not HTML.

--
Barry Margolin, (email address - cut out)
Arlington, MA
*** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group ***

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> Fred, All of the drive have been Mac OS extended drives. the file is
> a shade under 15GB. The actions seem to hang up at the 2.82GB point.
> Cheers, P.J.

Re: can"t backup my virtual pc file!

Sent: 01/29/2008
From: Paul Power <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

On Jan 23, 1:00=A0am, Barry Margolin <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
file is

It really is a moot point. You are not permitted to use Windows from
VPC in any environment outside of the VPC application. You will
require a fully licensed version of Windows XP.

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> In article <(email address - cut out)absDaxw>, (email address - cut out)
> wrote:
>
> > Fred, All of the drive have been Mac OS extended drives. =A0the =
> > a shade under 15GB. =A0The actions seem to hang up at the 2.82GB point.
> > Cheers, P.J.
>
> Sounds to me like there may be a disk error at that point in the file.
>
> BTW, please post plain text, not HTML.
>
> --
> Barry Margolin, (email address - cut out)
> Arlington, MA
> *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group ***

Re: can"t backup my virtual pc file!

Sent: 01/29/2008
From: "Colin Barnhorst" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

If your copy of Windows came bundled with VPC you may not move it to Parallels. You must have a retail copy of Windows to do that.
<(email address - cut out)> wrote in message news:(email address - cut out)absDaxw...
Hello all,

I have been having a problem trying to move or backup my virtual pc file (v7.0.3) off of the hard drive on my PowerBook G4. I have lived with it up until now, but I am migrating to a new macbook and want to get the file over to the new MacBook so I can import it into Parallels. Any help and suggestions on what is going on would be greatly appreciated!

Cheers,

P.J.

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