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Thread ID: 99533 2009-05-05 22:15:00 Anyone use Poweriso?? Speedy Gonzales (78) Press F1
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771313 2009-05-05 22:15:00 I know you can make a virtual drive, but can you boot from it? Might be a bit tricky since its x64 (I can mount the x64 ISO), but obviously it wont do anything in x86.

Or are there any programs, that can boot from an ISO (that supports a virtual cd)?? Its not a game or anything. Its a slipstreamed ISO, I made last night for XP Pro x64. Just wanted to test it, since I dont have blanks at the mo. I was going to reinstall it on a spare partition. To see if the sata / chipset drivers I added work.
Speedy Gonzales (78)
771314 2009-05-05 22:18:00 Not sure, but could you run a Virtual Machine with Virtual Box?

Blam
Blam (54)
771315 2009-05-05 22:20:00 No, you can't boot from a virtual drive made by PowerIso, it uses a virtual driver within Windows to create the drive, so as far as your BIOS is concerned, there is no additional drive.

By the way, what do you mean by "Obviously it won't do anything in x86"?

If you really need to test the ISO through a full install, either burn it to CD/DVD, or use the virtual machine suggestion above.
inphinity (7274)
771316 2009-05-05 22:23:00 Yup cant use VirtualPC since it doesnt support x64 at the guest end. Pretty stupid if you ask me, since there is a 64 bit version, BUT it doesnt work with 64 bit lol. Virtual box huh. May check that out.

The main thing I want to check, are the sata drivers (I'll be changing it to AHCI in the BIOS). Something like virtualbox wouldnt tell / show you this would it (since the drivers have been slipstreamed in the ISO)
Speedy Gonzales (78)
771317 2009-05-05 22:29:00 VMWare supports x64 installations. inphinity (7274)
771318 2009-05-05 22:33:00 Is it easy to understand? I dont want something, that'll take 2 mins to install, then take all day to figure out how to use it Speedy Gonzales (78)
771319 2009-05-05 22:54:00 Nup, guess I'll have to get some blanks

For it to work in Virtualbox, I need a CPU that supports x64 mode. VT or something. I cant see the option in the BIOS
Speedy Gonzales (78)
771320 2009-05-05 23:09:00 Apparently the CPU has to support VT, but I've seen it work on unsupported CPUS.

What CPUs do you have?

Blam
Blam (54)
771321 2009-05-05 23:18:00 There's another program called MagicISO.. give that a try if you want. ronyville (10611)
771322 2009-05-05 23:19:00 E5200. I dont think it supports VT Speedy Gonzales (78)
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