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I’d already started to install Windows 7 as a “host OS” on an old machine simply to be able to use boot from VHD to fire up an existing (VHD based) Windows 7 installation when I stopped myself with the thought “surely you don’t need to install a whole
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A little while ago I wrote about how impressed I was with boot from VHD in Windows 7 . This morning I was trying to convince Mike that using this technique with a base Windows 7 VHD and differencing disks would be a great way to get VS2010 Beta1 and Beta2
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I should have done it earlier and I’m kicking myself now. After Eric mentioned Scott Hanselman’s posts and then we had a team chat with James and Andrew I was intrigued enough to give it a go. This morning I took the plunge, following the instructions
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As a follow up to my previous post , I thought I’d try and give you an idea of the Virtual PC Beta experience in Windows 7 RC if you haven’t seen it yet. For one thing, there were parts of it I found less than intuitive. I started by running the appropriate
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I went along to Liam Westley’s excellent talk on virtualisation at Developer Day Scotland where he piqued my interest in the subject all over again. With Windows 7 RC I now have the option of installing Virtual PC Beta though I’m not clear if I can run
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