![]() ![]() I created a new VM, using the "Windows Server 2008 圆4 Edition" setup, booting from the. There's just no way to 'update' an XP VM.Ĥ. I tried changing the VM setup from "Windows XP Professional" to "Windows Server 2008 圆4 Edition" and "Windows Vista 圆4 Edition", but this made the VM unbootable. I tried a number of times to update the Windows XP Pro VM with the iso, but I couldn't get it to work. There's a few other sites with similar information now. I followed the instructions in this thread on Windows7forums, though the syntax for the command wasn't correct for me (looks like it's been updated now), though browsing through the thread got the right syntax. However, trying to run the setup.exe in this folder results in an error message that it can't run as it isn't a win32 executable. Sure that you have security permission on the folder to write files andĪt the end of extraction, but so long as you have 874 files in 199 folders with a size of 3,239,836,668 (圆4 Pro version), it'll be fine. Please check the folder properties to make We are unable to create or save new files in the folder in which thisĪpplication was downloaded. box files to a folder called expandedSetup. I ran the "Win7-P-Retail-en-us-圆4.exe" file that extracts the two. In my Win XP VM, I downloaded the Windows 7 Professional 圆4 installer. I'm running an XP 32 bit VM on Fusion 2.0.6, no boot camp, and don't have any version of Vista, but I bought Windows 7 圆4. That's fine if you're on a real Windows machine you can create a DVD and reformat during the update, and your update Product key should work. Everything else requires a clean install. The main issue is that you can only use the downloaded version of Windows 7 to do an IN-PLACE update on an existing Vista installation OF THE SAME BIT-NESS ie Vista 32 bit -> Win 7 32 bit, or Vista 64 bit -> Win 7 64 bit. So I thought I'd post my successful experience here. Mostly this is to do with authorisation, and I haven't seen ANY reports of success under virtualisation. Save the file, start up VMware Fusion and the VM, and now it is easier to enter the click and F2 to reach the VM "BIOS".Seems like a lot of people are having problems installing the upgrade version (student version), which is downloaded from Digital River. ![]() It worked once that way for me.Īnother method that worked better was to quit VMware Fusion, locate the appropriate VM file, Show Package Contents, find the *.vmx file, open it in a text editor, and add the line bios.bootDelay = "3000" at the end. ![]() If quick and lucky, you can click inside a VM window right at the start and press F2 to access the VM "BIOS" and change the boot order to CD/DVD first. Restart into a new, clean Windows 7 Pro 64-bit installationįor some reason, I also had a problem getting VMs to boot the CD/DVD first. Install in same disk partition as existing Windows XPĭelete the Windows.old folder (contains the old Windows XP installation) Select Custom (advanced) at appropriate point If the DVD doesn't boot see below for changing the VM "BIOS" and boot order. Startup Virtual Machine (Windows XP Pro) but will boot from Windows 7 Pro 64-bit DVD Remove button and plus sign to add a new deviceĬhange Bus Type to IDE, set Disk Size, and uncheck Split into 2 GB files Minus sign (at bottom) to delete currently-listed Hard Disk Near the end at the Finish dialog, click the Customize Settings… buttonĬlick on Hard Disks under Removable Devices in the Settings window Virtual Machine > CD/DVD > CD/DVD Connected (automatically) or Connect CD/DVDįile > New… and follow the steps in the New Virtual Machine Assistant to install Windows XP Pro It was not activated during my installation. I used an old Windows XP Pro CD with a corporate license that was lying around. So here is what finally worked for me, although your mileage may vary. I could never find and install VMware Drivers (SCSI) to use when booting from the "upgrade" DVD.įorum postings and knowledge base articles helped, but the Windows stuff did not deal with virtualization and the differences between Fusion 2 and 3 weren't completely clear in VMware tips here. I had easily installed Windows 7 RC earlier, but not so this paid version and the difference had to be those "upgrade" limitations. First were the Microsoft limitations of an "upgrade" version and 64-bit installed over 32-bit. I simply wanted a cheap, basic, and clean installation without much concern for performance. I'm posting this in case it helps others with a method of clean installing a student-version Windows 7 64-bit upgrade DVD in a Fusion 2 VM. ![]()
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