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  • M Matthew Hazlett

    Just sitten here reading the boards while my Virtual Machine creates 2 new XP Pros so I can test and debug on clean machines.... I hate installing Windows it takes so long.... Matthew Hazlett Sometimes I miss the simpler DOS days of Borland Turbo Pascal (but not very often).

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    Nish Nishant
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    Matthew Hazlett wrote:

    Just sitten here reading the boards while my Virtual Machine creates 2 new XP Pros so I can test and debug on clean machines.... I hate installing Windows it takes so long....

    I hope you aren't installing 2 of them, are you? Install one and make a copy of the virtual hard disk. Regards, Nish

    My blog : Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET

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      Matthew Hazlett wrote:

      Just sitten here reading the boards while my Virtual Machine creates 2 new XP Pros so I can test and debug on clean machines.... I hate installing Windows it takes so long....

      I hope you aren't installing 2 of them, are you? Install one and make a copy of the virtual hard disk. Regards, Nish

      My blog : Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET

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      Matthew Hazlett
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      Ya they are diffrent versions :-( Matthew Hazlett Sometimes I miss the simpler DOS days of Borland Turbo Pascal (but not very often).

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      • M Matthew Hazlett

        Just sitten here reading the boards while my Virtual Machine creates 2 new XP Pros so I can test and debug on clean machines.... I hate installing Windows it takes so long.... Matthew Hazlett Sometimes I miss the simpler DOS days of Borland Turbo Pascal (but not very often).

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        El Corazon
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        Matthew Hazlett wrote:

        I hate installing Windows it takes so long....

        It does? I get mine done in about 15 to 20 minutes. :) _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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        • M Matthew Hazlett

          Just sitten here reading the boards while my Virtual Machine creates 2 new XP Pros so I can test and debug on clean machines.... I hate installing Windows it takes so long.... Matthew Hazlett Sometimes I miss the simpler DOS days of Borland Turbo Pascal (but not very often).

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          Nitron
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          Matthew Hazlett wrote:

          I hate installing Windows it takes so long....

          lol, that's nothing compared to vs7.1 X| ~Nitron.


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          • M Matthew Hazlett

            Just sitten here reading the boards while my Virtual Machine creates 2 new XP Pros so I can test and debug on clean machines.... I hate installing Windows it takes so long.... Matthew Hazlett Sometimes I miss the simpler DOS days of Borland Turbo Pascal (but not very often).

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            toxcct
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            just ghost the disks... :cool:


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            • N Nitron

              Matthew Hazlett wrote:

              I hate installing Windows it takes so long....

              lol, that's nothing compared to vs7.1 X| ~Nitron.


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              Anders Molin
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              Nitron wrote:

              that's nothing compared to vs7.1

              About 15 minutes for a full install ;) - Anders

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              • M Matthew Hazlett

                Just sitten here reading the boards while my Virtual Machine creates 2 new XP Pros so I can test and debug on clean machines.... I hate installing Windows it takes so long.... Matthew Hazlett Sometimes I miss the simpler DOS days of Borland Turbo Pascal (but not very often).

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                Mike Dimmick
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                Directly after installation and installing updates, use sysprep[^] to reseal. Use setupmgr.exe to create the sysprep.inf file. Then, for Virtual PC, set the base image hard disk file read-only. Create differencing disks based on this base disk image to set up a new virtual machine derived from the base OS. You can then create a new virtual machine in a few minutes, rather than hours. Differencing disks are a bit slower than regular disks but they save a fair chunk of disk space. Consider using undo disks to revert to the 'clean' setup required for your test. Stability. What an interesting concept. -- Chris Maunder

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                • A Anders Molin

                  Nitron wrote:

                  that's nothing compared to vs7.1

                  About 15 minutes for a full install ;) - Anders

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                  Anders Molin wrote:

                  About 15 minutes for a full install

                  whaat! It took me 57 minutes to install on my 3.4GHz/2048MB Intellistation w/16x DVD-R. (full install w/ full MSDN) Are you installing off DVD? I'm installing of of all 6 CD's... X| ~Nitron.


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                  • A Anders Molin

                    Nitron wrote:

                    that's nothing compared to vs7.1

                    About 15 minutes for a full install ;) - Anders

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                    Nish Nishant
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                    Anders Molin wrote:

                    About 15 minutes for a full install

                    :confused: What's your machine spec? Regards, Nish

                    My blog : Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET

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                      Anders Molin wrote:

                      About 15 minutes for a full install

                      :confused: What's your machine spec? Regards, Nish

                      My blog : Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET

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                      Anders Molin
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                      Dell Presision, 3.4Ghz, 3GB Ram, 2x 32GB 15k rpm SCSI disks in RAID 0 - Anders

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                      • N Nitron

                        Anders Molin wrote:

                        About 15 minutes for a full install

                        whaat! It took me 57 minutes to install on my 3.4GHz/2048MB Intellistation w/16x DVD-R. (full install w/ full MSDN) Are you installing off DVD? I'm installing of of all 6 CD's... X| ~Nitron.


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                        DVD - Anders

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