Re: Extracting "precompact"... DONE!



"Tony Kavadias" wrote:

> Evanapp's problem includes Virtual PC not displaying files of the
> expected type in an "Open..." dialogue box.
>
> Steve, what possibilities are there for Virtual PC not recognising a
> candidate file?
>
> I have not had problems in this regard, so because I cannot see the
> problem, it makes it that much more difficult to resolve. Maybe
> knowing more about why Virtual PC would possibly exclude
> ISO files from view would be a good insight.
>
> Which dawns the question to Evanapp... are you sure the ISO got
> copied over properly? Like, have you checked the file sizes between
> the ISO image in the Virtual PC 2004 installation directory and the
> copy you made in your Shared Folder?
>
> Here's another overkill tactic... make a new hard disk image file
> using Virtual PC's Disk Assistant, format it for FAT32, and
> after rebooting Windows to accept the new disk drive, copy
> the ISO image file to the new drive.
>
> Then, shut down the virtual PC, and using the "PC Settings..."
> command, select the new disk you made and copied the ISO
> image to, and click "Mount". The disk should be visible as an
> MS-DOS volume on the Macintosh desktop, and you should be
> able to copy the ISO image from that filesystem to any place
> you choose on the Macintosh filesystem using the Finder.
>
> Then... continue to get Virtual PC to attach the ISO image file
> as a CD-ROM disc when you next reboot your virtual PC and
> take it from there.

SUCCESS!!!???
The copied ".iso" file appears identical to the original. And is your new
"overkill" tactic any different from what I did when I mounted the "iso" file
on the Mac and tried unsuccessfully to capture it in the Virtual Machine?

In the meanwhile, however, I have had success in an unexpected and puzzling
way. I reinstalled the Virtual PC 2004 SP1 Trial. It seemed to stall during
the installation, taking something like an hour to finish. I still could not
capture the iso file by your procedure, but I was able to run the compact.exe
file successfully, and the precompaction completed in fifteen minutes or so.
Shutdown, run the Disk Assistant utility, and EUREKA, the disk is compacted.
I can't say I know yet what is going on, or why things are behaving so
differently for me than for you. I guess I'll have to do some further
research.

Evanapp
.

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