Can virtual pc format real C:/ disk?


  1. Posts : 99
    Windows 7 Enterprise 64 Bit
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    Can virtual pc format real C:/ disk?


    Hi, im installing DOS to virtual pc and its asking me to format C:/ disk.
    Is that the virutal disk or does it mean my own C:/ disk?
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  2. Posts : 1,800
    Windows 7 Pro x64 SP1
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    kuchiyo said:
    Hi, im installing DOS to virtual pc and its asking me to format C:/ disk.
    Is that the virutal disk or does it mean my own C:/ disk?
    Kuchiyo, Can it be assumed that you have the floppies for DOS and are creating a new DOS 6.xx virtual disk?

    If so then you need to format the new virtual disk with a dos formated floppy.

    I would not worry about formatting your regular C drive as it won't let you do that, you need to run fdisk (which it sounds like you did) and then format the new vpc C drive using the /s option so that it is bootable.

    as long as you are running in a Virtual Machine window, it won't let you format the main C drive.

    Rich
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  3. Posts : 99
    Windows 7 Enterprise 64 Bit
    Thread Starter
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    Okay. Thank you :).

    Topic solved.
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