Hi, Bill, I choose to install XP with the NTFS file system. Since DOS is using the FAT (= file allocation table) system, booting to DOS in fact is resulting in not acknowledging any NTFS drives or partitions. However, this is not affecting the use of Virtual PC! Far as I can see, within or under this virtual machine DOS is running as it always did. (I suppose it would not be different with a FAT-based XP.) Virtual PC is installed and started under and from Windows. As soon as you start it, you can either use your floppy or CD ROM drive (I also use ZIP drives, but did not manage to access them under Virtual PC) to install programs. Another and/or additional option is to configure a second virtual disk - which under Windows is nothing but a directory - to access and exchange files. This is rather convenient. Hans-Joachim
Hans,
You've had better luck than I have getting Fractint to run on XP. I have just learned that XP can be installed as either NTFS or FAT. My installation is NTFS, which is why I do not see the C: drive when I boot to DOS.
Is your machine FAT? Also, do you know how running Virtual PC would affect this? Thanks.
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