Re: Virtual PC v3.0 Hard drive Expander C drive backup issue

Michael,

I had a D drive but found my C drive was always full with minimum stuff
I wanted on it so I expanded C drive and eliminated D drive.

I will try to backup what I can on "PC" to prepare to start from
scratch and run disk repair and/or recreate new 1GB C drive from
scratch

Thanks,
Jon

P.S. I noticed my performance greatly improved on Mac running VPC when
I allocated more memory to "C drive" application from 384k to 1024k.


Michael Paine wrote:
> It is risky but have you tried a disk/file repair utility. I have no
> experience with VPC3 or OS9 but I suspect you have a file error.
> The problem is that a repair might make the image unreadable.
> If you get it working, check if VPC 3 allows you to create a d: drive,
> rather than have a relatively large c: drive.
>
> Michael Paine
>
>
> jonnga wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am running Virtual PC ver 3.0 on Powerbook G3 running 0S 9.2.2. I
> > recently expanded C drive using Hard Disk Expander increasing C drive
> > from 519K to 1023K. Virtual PC is working fine with new expansion.
> >
> > My problem is the C drive image stored on file "Windows 98 SE (520 MB)"
> > is unable to copy to another disk for backup purposes. I get a disk
> > read error 1/2 way through the copy; likely at place no data exists on
> > drive. I modify data on C drive daily and want to backup this data.
> > Can anyone advise what I need to do.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jon
> >

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