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VCD10 on Win 7 64b running virtual XP session

I have VCD10 installed on Win 7 64bit. Because of some of the programs I want to run aren't supported under Win 7 64b, I downloaded and install the Win Virtual PC and a copy of XP to run in a Virtual PC. I had to install VCD10 a second time in the Virtual PC XP environment. All okay so far.

The problem is that I can not mount a VCD that is stored in the Win 7 session in the Virtual PC XP.

Let me try to explain it this way.

1.One PC, named Parent, running Win 7 64b, VCD 10 installed, VCDs created and stored, Win Virtual PC installed.

2.On Parent, run Win Virtual PC and install Win XP (I call this VXP), then install VCD10 using same license code as VCD10 installation directly on Parent.

3.In the VXP session, I can not mount a VCD that is stored in Parent, because the Parent drives (real HDDs and VCD10 virtual drives) appear as NETWORKED DRIVES to the VXP session, and thus VCD10 won't do the mount.

I don't want to have two copies of my VCDs, one on the Parent, and another copy on the VXP drives. Is there a solution without me having to pay and upgrade to VCD10 server, as I am running on a single physical PC.

VCD10 on Win 7 64b running virtual XP session

Dear Mr Dombrowski,

We recommend to insert the virtual CDs on the Parent PC. In the VXP session please access the content of the virtual CDs using the connected Virtual CD drives(make sure drive letters of Virtual CD drives are checked Virtual Machine Integration Components).

Best regards

The Windows VirtualPC is just another software in your host operating system, no more. All its device is a software layer and have no device-relationship to your host-OS. They can be regard as something working on another PC. The virtual-PC is just a simulator. You may use VMware workstation 7.x and do the same things. Then enable the folder-sharing for your Guest-OS and share the folder that has stored your VCD image file in the host-OS to it. Then you can load the image file within the VCD installed on the Guest-OS.

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