I installed virtual pc 5.1 on windows xp, and i tried to install windows 95 on it using the SuperWOS cd, i made the hard drive image and when i open virtual pc and start up the windows 95 image which i made, it has a blank screen because Ii doesn't have a installed OS but i made a image of the SuperWOS and captured it in the hard drive image and pressed the right ctrl but it wouldn't load up and i tired capturing the host drive d: but it still wouldn't load up and pressed right ctrl, the cd SuperWOS is bootable, so I don't know whats wrong, could someone help me please.

Thanxs.

Sorry dude, don't know what's wrong, but I do know a way to bypass this problem;

Simply boot a Win98/Win95 floppy in the Vitual PC, and load some IDE CD-Rom drivers. FDisk and format virtual partition, and copy the Win95 folder to that partition and your on your way.

I do have to agree that it's eird it can't boot the CD-Image or even the CD.

I tired the book disc of windows 95 with a CD in the cd rom of windows 95, but still no luck, would it work with virtual pc 4, and does virtual pc 4 support windows xp? as I' running windows xp.

Did the boot floppy contain a cdrom driver in the config.sys?

Version 4 does support XP as the host, but it's probable that you CD won't work in 4 if it doesn't work in 5,

Theres no config.sys in the boot floppy.

OK,

Download the http://www.xs4all.nl/~cactus/BetaONE/CDDRIVERS.ZIP , and extract it to the floppy.

Create a config.sys on the floppy with the line DEVICE=CDROM.SYS /D:MSCD000 and an autoexec.bat with the line MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD000 /L:E

after booting that floppy you should have a E: drive, witch is yoy CD-Rom

Hopes this helps

Still no work.

Any messages from the CDDROM.SYS or MSCDEX.EXE?

Nope. just didn't read it.

What do you mean DaMan?

Virtual PC doesn't read of the floppy, even tho i set it to capture floppy drive.

If you know that the CD is bootable, hit delete to go into the BIOS when you start up the blank virtual PC, and make sure it is set to boot from the CD drive.

I seem to remember this is not set by default

I pressed delete, it doesn't go to BIOS, just has a blanks screen as normal.

Well it should.

Works here:

1. Install VPC
2. Do a reboot
3. Start VPC
4. Click the New PC Button
You should see the PC Setup wizard.
5. click Next
6. Enter a PC name what ever you wish.
7. Click Next
8. Configuration Options: Use Guide me.
9. Click Next
10. Guest Operating System: From the drop down box Select Windows95
11. Click Next
12. Memory Settings: Defualt is 32 MB. Adjust as needed.
13. Click Next
14. Boot Disk Options: Select Create new image.
15. Click Next
16. Boot Dosk Location: Use the browse button to select drive\folder
you wish to use.
17. Click Next
18. Setup Summary:
Note: It will say the boot disk is 2 Gig. The Virtual drive in your
Virtual PC is 2 GIG. At this point on your HD the size will be around
2-3 MB.
18. click Finish.
19. Your new PC should show up in the PC select box.
20. DBL click the name of your New PC.
Note: You will see "No OS found message" This is normal.
21. Click the the word CD at the top.
22. Select Capture Image.
23. Use the Dropdown box to select your remade ISO (MUST be bootable)
24. DBL click the ISO.
25. Click the word PC at the top.
26. Select Reset from the drop down menu.
27. Click Reset.

Still don't work and when I click on start up for it to load it doesn't say "No OS found message" and just goes straight to the blank screen.

You have to be pretty quick off the mark to get into the BIOS, as the emulated POST is very quick.

Just keep presseing delete as it starts up

Done that a few times to, BIOS still won't load up in Virtual PC.

Try uninstalling Virtual PC and reinstalling it. Then just try to go into the bios after you created a new pc again.

Just keep pushing delete like already stated right from the get go. Should get the screen i already posted.

Kinda of strange.

cya,
Will

Connectix have a pretty active forum. Why not give that a try?

If you can't get to the BIOS you must be doing something wrong.

war59312 showed the BIOS screen. I haven't worked out how to do that yet, but if he'd showed the boot page, you would see that the primary boot device is the hard drive.
I don't think this is saved between sessions either, so you need to set this to CD any time you want to boot from a CD.