Re: access files
From: Michael Paine (mpaine_at_tpgi.com.au)
Date: 02/20/04
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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 17:17:08 +1100
Sorry but that does not seem to work with VPC6 (pity). It just starts
the VPC program.
In VPC6 if you choose to install the Additions then the Mac drive
becomes the Z: drive under windows and you can use Windows Explorer to
move files between the drives.
I regularly open a Microsoft Access database that it located on my Mac
drive from Windows on the local machine or from a PC on the same network
(it helps if I make it the z: drive on the other machine). It seems to
be fine. An advantage is that I can easily back it up on the Mac. The
same does not work for Microsoft Word running under VPC6 - Word seems
to want to do horrible things when you open a file and the Mac wont let it!
Michael Paine
Deborah Terreson wrote:
> Yes. This is how it is done on my old, old version (2.1.3) of Virtual PC.
> How it goes on the later versions, I cannot tell you. Hopefully, it's the
> same..
>
> Go into the Virtual PC folder in your mac hard drive. There should be an
> icon that is the VPC disk image, it will say what OS and size it is (mine
> says 'Windows95 512MB'). Double click on it. It should do no more than just
> mount the image onto your desktop, as if were a spare hard drive. It
> shouldn't start the application. Then you can open it drag and drop files in
> or out like it's a mac volume. - There should be no problem in taking out
> the files you have that are data - I have backups of my old Windows games I
> keep in a folder on my mac, no problems - don't forget your serial numbers
> if you are bailing on applications. If you want to try the MS OS re-install
> option, going into the HD image ahead of time and duplicating your files is
> a wise idea. I'm not certain how well Windoze itself re-installs - I just do
> it the lazy way, I trash it all and reinstall the whole VPC.
>
> Deb.
>
>
> ----------
> In article <1f25d9ef.0402191246.27cf7215@posting.google.com>, bookit@mts.net
> (Grant Thiessen) wrote:
>
>
>
>>Is it possible to access files in a Windows Virtual PC harddrive from
>>you Mac, when you don't have a Windows OS open?
>>
>>Is it possible to reinstall a Windows OS without losing your data
>>files?
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