Virtual PC Operating systems

tobywuk · 01-16-2007, 01:31 PM

Do you use Virtual PC software? and which?

What operating systems do you run in these virtual systems? and what do you do/use them for?

Does the virtual harddrive actually take up space from your hard drive?

Nevakonaza · 01-16-2007, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by tobywuk

Do you use Virtual PC software? and which?

What operating systems do you run in these virtual systems? and what do you do/use them for?

Does the virtual harddrive actually take up space from your hard drive?

Yes i use Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 for Ubuntu linux and other linux distros.

No they do not use real hard drive space....Thats why its called Virtual

Its very good if you want to try out another Operating system but are not sure about instaling it into your real hard drive.

[-0MEGA-] · 01-16-2007, 01:58 PM

I use Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 and I love it, not a huge difference from 2004, but in general it's a great free program. I use mine to run Windows98 for kicks (reminds me of the old days

).

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No they do not use real hard drive space....Thats why its called Virtual

Well technically they do, since the virtual hard disk is stored on your computer, but it doesnt need it's own partition or separate disc.

Nevakonaza · 01-16-2007, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by [-0MEGA-]

I use Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 and I love it, not a huge difference from 2004, but in general it's a great free program. I use mine to run Windows98 for kicks (reminds me of the old days

).

Well technically they do, since the virtual hard disk is stored on your computer, but it doesnt need it's own partition or separate disc.

Well yeah but realy it doesnt mess with the hard drive does it so....Lol you know what i mean.

tobywuk · 01-16-2007, 04:21 PM

so to install ubuntu on a virtual pc, you need 15gig of hdd space (or however big ubuntu is) ?

tlarkin · 01-16-2007, 05:17 PM

you need lots of ram, virtual machines will take up certain amount of ram. I have messed with various vmware and used xen but not really extensively. Virtualization eats up tons of ram, and emulation eats up processor. However, really no one emulates anymore its almost all virtual.

kof2000 · 01-16-2007, 05:59 PM

you need 2 gb to run 8 copies of windows xp

Camper · 01-17-2007, 12:39 PM

A 15gig virtual hard drive will not tack up 15gig of hard drive space on your "real hard drive" until you have saved 15gig of information on it.

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tobywuk Gold Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 377	Virtual PC Operating systems Do you use Virtual PC software? and which? What operating systems do you run in these virtual systems? and what do you do/use them for? Does the virtual harddrive actually take up space from your hard drive?

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Camper Diamond Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: /dev/null Age: 22 Posts: 1,227	A 15gig virtual hard drive will not tack up 15gig of hard drive space on your "real hard drive" until you have saved 15gig of information on it. __________________ Dell Inspiron 530 Q6600 Quad 3gb RAM Nvidia 8600 GT 500GB HD

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tobywuk Gold Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 377	so to install ubuntu on a virtual pc, you need 15gig of hdd space (or however big ubuntu is) ?

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tlarkin VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 6,056	you need lots of ram, virtual machines will take up certain amount of ram. I have messed with various vmware and used xen but not really extensively. Virtualization eats up tons of ram, and emulation eats up processor. However, really no one emulates anymore its almost all virtual.