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• Dual Boot with windows XP Pro with 2 HARD drive, error on secondary windows install: "Windows did not start because of a configuration of the disk of the computer problem. Could not read the selected boot disk. Check boot path and disk hardware... »

  Hi, I recently bought a new Hitachi 1 TB internal hard drive. I wanted to do a clean install on the new drive (d), be able to dual boot my computer and leave my old 300 GB disk (C :) as the primary windows installation. After physically installing the new HARD drive, I noticed that "new hardware found" and the the brand name flashed in the bottom right corner. I thought I'd see the new hard drive in my computer, but I did not. I initialized the new HARD drive with the computer management window (right click on my computer - manage) and I also formatted in NTFS (I had to change my printer hard drive letter to assign the new HARD drive with the letter D, but I've made other changes after this step). Now, I could see and use in my main windows on the C: installation. I then installed a windows new copy XP pro with the installation CD I got for my C: but on the D: (Note: I have a Dell computer (and the Dell reinstallation CD) and my current version of windows has SP3 while the installation CD is only SP2) (I also reformatted my HARD drive during the installation of windows to NTFS)

  Now when I try to start on installing the new on my D: I get "Windows did not start because of a configuration of the disk of the computer problem. Could not read the selected boot disk. Check startup disk and hardware access path. "and another line saying to refer to manuals HARD drive and windows.

  My Boot.ini file at this time was:

  [boot loader]
  Timeout = 5
  default = multi (0) disk (0) rdisk (0) partition (2) \WINDOWS
  [operating systems]
  "multi (0) disk (0) rdisk (0) partition (2) \WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional "/ noexecute = optin/fastdetect
  "signature (ac516a5c) disk (0) rdisk (0) partition (1) \WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional own "/ noexecute = optin/fastdetect

  I looked towards the top of this help page, but for now I'm unlucky:

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/314477

  (The next steps I took by throwing from the Windows CD and go into the repair console)

  I tried to use the bootcfg /rebuild but the line to boot.ini for my secondary HARD drive still does not work.

  He gave me something like:

  [boot loader]
  Timeout = 5
  default = multi (0) disk (0) rdisk (0) partition (2) \WINDOWS
  [operating systems]
  "multi (0) disk (0) rdisk (0) partition (2) \WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional "/ noexecute = optin/fastdetect
  "signature (ac516a5c) disk (0) rdisk (1) partition (1) \WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional own "/ noexecute = optin/fastdetect

  I also tried to change the signature() to multi (0), but it did not work. (or try almost all possible permutations of disk() and rdisk() partition() 0 to 2).

  I also tried to use expand F(dvd-drive):\i386\ntkrnlmp(I_have_a_duo-core).ex_ D:\windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe and a few other combinations, but I when I login as D:\windows simply, it fails to extend with a message like "could not develop" or C:\windows I get "restricted access".

  I have not yet tried CHKDSK/r, but since I did a clean install on a newly formatted drive... I don't think it would work.

  I've also marked the partition on the D: as active (in computer management), but it did not help me.

  I've done a first installation of windows repair, strangely, I couldn't fix this one... Still does not work...

  My default windows installation yet works very well & I see that windows has been installed on the D: but I'm ideas from how to operate the dual-boot, can someone throw me a BONE on what to do?

  Maybe try to do something with the Boot Manager (whatever it is?) Create a new partition and use it as a boot manager? I don't really want to do this, because if I made a mistake I will be unable to use my computer and dual boot should work without going through all this trouble... But I found this page: http://technet.microsoft.com/fr-fr/library/ee829686%28WS.10%29.aspx

  Could a clean install two HDD help? I hope I won't have to do...

  Someone has an idea?

  PS: I'm not such an advanced user so I need a solution step by step, thanks!

  Edit: I also noted that I can't see my new HARD drive in my BIOS... weird... SATA-0 is my old drive HARD 1 and 2 are my dvd 3-5 readers are 'off' and it doesn't seem to be anything that it is plugged in. I also have 4 bays for internal HARD disks. Now, 2 are busy.

  Edit2: I looked inside my case and enabled the good Sata in the Bios after a reboot it detected the drive correctly. Dual boot doesn't always work well... The fact that it was disable in the BIOS while I was installing the new HARD drive could change anything? Hmm...

  In case I wasn't clear enough: I had a windows XP Pro installed on my C:, bought a new hard drive and installed the same copy of windows on it (d). I think that should allow me to double boot between the two installs different. Even if for some reason I can't boot from one on my D:. Andrew, I do not understand why you so far physically disconnect the other drive, the point of the whole operation is to build a boot.ini file so that the BIOS knows that it y facilities 2 windows and you allow to choose (and not have conflicting problems between the 2 systems), someone correct me if I'm wrong? "Expand" the part of my first post made reference to one of the solutions provided by Microsoft in the first link that I have included in my previous post (but I can't seem to work).

  In addition, it is the procedure that I followed: http://www.ehow.com/how_5950826_boot-two-different-hard-drives.html

  (except I've had the first installation already done).

  Andrew "also, once a new hd is plugged on the pc & running, most of the BIOS will place (them) as 1st priority hd, set the BIOS to do this", you mean that by installing separately from windows on each unit when the other is not plugged in, I could choose what disk to start from defining their priority in the BIOS once they are all plugged back? It's too tedious (as I intend to move frequently between the 2 installs) and requires a computer to other users of the lack of computer knowledge. Unfortunately, it is not a viable option.

  EDIT: I DID IT! Hmmm... Well, I double checked in the recovery console, the path of the new HARD drive with the arc command Scan. Tried to start again with the MULTI (0) in my boot.ini and it worked... I also had my windows install CD in. Maybe that is why I could not start, windows needs the CD to complete the installation? Weird, I don't know what I did to the difficulty it... but hey, it works! Thanks for your ideas guys!

• 12.04.01 Ubuntu x 86-putting in place a virtual Windows XP machine to access the physical disk

  Dear community,

  I'm new to VMware Workstation, but progressed in computer science.

  At first, I want to give you a brief introduction of my system and my goal.

  HP ProBook 6550 b (System with Intel Core i5 processor Intel-based)

  The HARD drive access mode: S - ATA AHCI

  Operating systems: Windows 7, Ubuntu 12.04 x 86, Ubuntu 12.04 x 64

  Boot Manager: GRUB2

  VMware Workstation (trial period) to 9.01 Linux x 86

  Goal: install MS Windows XP Professional with physical disk access several partitions on the hard drive local

  The installation of VMware Workstation 9.01 on my system Ubuntu 12.04 x 86 worked perfectly, without any error. Large.

  I was able to set up and run a Windows XP VM standard by creating a new virtual disk , following the Nice Wizard.

  It was just to test, but just after I tried to configure the same OS as a virtual machine using a physical disk (for advanced users) to directly access a local hard drive.

  Also, I selected "BusLogic (recommended)" on the choice of type of I/O controller.

  As a device, I chose the HARD internal laptop drive and used two individual partitions (the real partitions on my HARD drive I wanted access within the virtual machine).

  These partitions have been preformatted with NTFS (and not have been mounted in my Ubuntu).

  However, I was not sure if Windows XP has been will be installed on one of these partitions.

  The turn on/off the virtual machine to install the OS, I got the message following (msg1):

  "You are using a SCSI drive. Performance of dual-boot SCSI physical drives are poor. The installed operating system could not start correctly in the virtual machine. However, the physical SCSI disks work normally so exclusively in the virtual machine. »

  Just after the message following (msg2):

  "If you dual-boot a native Windows installation, problems can occur when attempting to start your system in VMware Workstation." For more information, see "http://vmware.com/info?id=128". "
  Click OK to continue, Cancel to power off.

  And finally this (msg3):

  «An error has occurred causing a virtual CPU go into the stop State.» If this anomaly had occurred outside of a virtual machine, it would have caused the physical machine restart. The stop State are accessible by properly configuring the virtual machine, a bug in the guest operating system or a problem in VMware Workstation.
  Click OK to restart the virtual machine or Cancel to turn off the virtual machine. »

  I cannot explain the last error message and don't know what to do.

  After specifying msg2, I found information about possible problems in dual-boot environments, caused by different drivers for the IDE controller.

  So I tried to change the access mode to S - ATA AHCI HARD drive to S - ATA IDE in the BIOS to solve the problem.

  Unfortunately, I have had no success on this operation, because the error message appeared again, once I restarted the VM.

  Sorry, but I have no idea what goes wrong.

  In fact, I don't know what VMware workstation wants to do, when you install the system on a disc/physical partition to have direct access to the local hard disk.

  Because I don't see even the first screen of Windows Setup, there must be something wrong.

  Underlying product system issues and if it's a primary or logical partition?

  Need a complete unformated HDD?

  Only selected partitions are accessible within the virtual machine?

  Is the system installed itself on the selected partitions?

  Maybe some experienced users can help.

  Your help is welcome!

  Thank you.

  stanni

  First I use a raw disk to install Windows XP from a virtual machine, but if I had an existing installation, I would add the partition as a raw to be executed with a VM disk.

  Here's what I'd do...  Install Windows XP to a normal file based virtual machine, and then add a second disk as a raw disk with the partitions you want to join.  That's assuming that you really need not where what to start Windows XP natively and the physical partitions that access are used for data.  Also if need be add the raw disk as IDE.

• Error: "Windows cannot start because of a configuration of the disk of the computer problem" in computer Dell Dimension 2400 Windows XP startup problem.

  Original title: problem starting on a Dell Dimension 2400 - how to set up the drive with a keyboard.

  I have a Dell Dimension 2400 with Windows XP, start, he can't go to the home screen, so I can't use the suggestions to start right click.

  The error message indicates "Windows did not start because of a configuration of the disk of the computer problem".
  "Cannot read disc startup selected." check material stand of disk and the path.
  How to set up or fix this problem with a keyboard

  Hi MarieButler64,

  You did it of any material changes or software on the computer before this problem?

  You can follow this link & check if the problem persists:

  Error message: "Windows did not start because of a configuration of the disk of the computer problem.

  Hope the helps of information.

• Get the following error on reboot of the computer: Windows did not start because of a configuration of the disk of the computer problem

  Original title: where can I download iso windows xp recovery CD

  I have a file.which damaged boot.ini file later, when I restart it could not start, with the message:
  Windows did not start because of a configuration of the disk of the computer problem.

  Could not read from the selected boot disk. Check the hardware path and startup disk.

  Please check the Windows documentation about the configuration of disk material and your reference manuals of the equipment for more information.
  So I need an iso file XP Recovery.
  I can simply copy the iso files on USB and start with usb?

  Hello

  1. don't you make changes on the computer before this problem?

  First I suggest you try the troubleshooting methods provided in the following article and the check if that resolves this problem.
  Error message: "Windows did not start because of a configuration of the disk of the computer problem.
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/314477

• I lost my disk of windows xp professional, but always my code. Is - this here in any case get a replacement?

  Tracy Tyree

  I lost my disk of windows xp professional, but always my code. Is - this here in any case get a replacement? I can't afforde one another disc, please help! Thank you

  Why did you use your name as a topic instead of your question?
  Is - this Windows preinstalled on your computer? If so, contact the manufacturer.

• How to "Windows did not start because of a configuration of the disk of the computer problem. Could not read the selected startup disk... "on a netbook without a CD/disk drive?

  I did a lot of research and unfortunately havnt found a road toward the front of the detroit to a fix. Long story short... I installed Jolicloud as a dual boot with windows xp on netbook gateway of my wife. This netbook has no cd/dvd drive. Jolicloud wanted to screw up the startup option to not allow me to boot into windows, going Strait to jolicloud without option of windows. I tried to change it via the "menu.lst" and Grub.cfg file (I think) the only value I changed was I think 'boot... ". ' value between 1 and 2. When I restarted, then finally got a startup list (although I don't think that my modification of the value gave me the list, I had already installed manually "Grub" via the cmd prompt. I should have just restarted from there without changing anything else... because when I chose 'windows xp' in the start menu... He gave me a black screen and kept going back to the start menu. Then, I tried the "Vista loader" option... hoping that it would some how solve my problem... He asked me if I wanted to run a repair any. I agree with him and when he finished he told me that there is no enough space on the hard disk to copy the files (or something like that) then it froze kind of there. I had to do a hard reboot after that that it froze, then I got the code "Windows did not start because of a computer disk configuration problem. Could not read from the selected boot disk.  check the hardware path and startup disk, please check the windows documentation about hardware disk configuration and your hardware for more information reference manuals.

  Again, I have no drive cd/dvd on a netbook... IM assuming that im going to have to return a key USB with windows boot info to load the Manu F2 at startup... But I do not know... Help, please. Thank you

  Hello

  Follow method 1 and 4 in the article below and check if that helps resolve the issue.
  Error message: "Windows did not start because of a configuration of the disk of the computer problem.
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/314477/en-us

  I hope this helps.

• My disk of Windows XP Professional has a crack in it and will not install or reinstall.

  My disk of Windows XP Professional has a crack in it and will not install or reinstall. The product key is: [removed]. I don't know who to contact for replacement.

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• I've had my laptop for a year, and it is currently running Windows 7 Professional. I recently had a problem that causes the black screen

  I've had my laptop for a year, and it is currently running Windows 7 Professional. I recently had a problem that causes the black screen randomly with the screen turned on (I mean everything is black and I can't see a thing, but can still see the light of the LCD screen). This often happens when I open/close a window, browsers web example, the records, or even during the boot. I want to know how to solve this problem and if the upgrade to Windows 10 works for her.

  Hi Haolin,

  Thanks for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

  I do not understand that the screen goes black randomly, and I'll be happy to answer your query. Let me ask you;

  • What is the brand and model of the computer?
  • Remember to no particular change in the computer before the show?
  • When was the last time it worked?

  Video card problems are the most common cause of this problem.

  Try the following troubleshooting procedures in the order. If the steps described in the first procedure does not resolve the problem, continue to the next procedure.

  Step 1: Reinstall your video driver

  1. Right click on the bar tasks and then click Start Task Manager.

  2. Click on the processes tab, click explorer.exe, and then click end process.

  3. Click file, and then click new task (run).

  4. In the text box open, type explorer.exe, and then click OK.

  5. Click on the Start button , go into the Device Manager in the start search box, and then, in the search results, click on the peripheral Manager.

  6. Double-click on display the cards, right click the display device, click Update driver software, and then follow the steps in the wizard that appears. You can also visit the website of the manufacturer of the computer support and install the latest available graphics cards for the same model of computer you have.

  Note: After the driver is re-installed, you may need to restart your computer to complete the installation. You may also need to adjust the resolution of the display to its previous value. For more information, see change your screen resolution.

  Step 2: Search for registry problems

  1. Right click on the bar tasks and then click Start Task Manager.

  2. Click on the processes tab, click explorer.exe, and then click end process.

  3. Click fileand then click new task (run)

     In the text box open, type explorer.exe, and then click OK.

  4. Click on the Start button , type regedit in the search box, and then, in the search results, click on regedit.exe.

  5. Navigate to the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

  6. Click to select the WinLogon key and then in the right pane, click on Shell. The value of shell in the data column must be explorer.exe. If the value of Shell is not explorer.exe, double-click Shell, and then, in the value data text box, type explorer.exe, and then click OK.

  7. Close the registry editor and restart your PC.

  Important: This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems can occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you proceed with caution. For added protection, back up the registry before you edit it. Then you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click on the number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: How to back up and restore the registry in Windows

  If this procedure resolves the issue, you are finished. If this is not the case, proceed to the next set of steps.

  Step 3: Start the computer in safe mode and run system restore

  1. Click on the Start button , click the arrow next to Shut Down, and then click restart.

  2. Do one of the following:

     • If your computer has a single operating system installed, press and hold the F8 key as your computer restarts. You need to press F8 before the Windows logo appears. If the Windows logo appears, try again by waiting until the Windows logon prompt appears, and then stop and restart your computer.

     • If your computer has more than one operating system, use the arrow keys to select the operating system you want to start in safe mode, and then press F8.

  3. In the Advanced Boot Options screen, use the arrow keys to select Safe Mode, and then press enter.

  4. Log your computer with a user account with administrator rights. When your computer is in safe mode, you will see marked Safe Mode in the corners of your screen.

  5. Click on the Start button , type "System Restore" in the search box, click System Restore, and then click Next. If you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

  6. Choose a restore point when your PC worked as expected, click Next, and then click Finish.

  7. Restart your computer normally.

  Important: When you use system restore to restore the computer to a previous state, the programs and updates that you have installed after this date are deleted.

  If these steps resolve the issue, you are finished. If not, try to repeat the steps and chooses an older restore point (if available). If that does not resolve the problem, contact your computer manufacturer or the technical support for further assistance.

• Webshots will install in Windows 7 Professional, how can I solve the problem?

  Webshots will install in Windows 7 Professional, how can I solve the problem?  (The installation program starts to run, then it is de-energized and does nothing.)

  Hi Bill,

  You are able to install other programs on the computer?

  There is no information available as to the compatibility of Webshots with Windows 7.
  http://www.Microsoft.com/Windows/compatibility/Windows-7/en-us/search.aspx?l=en-us&type=software&s=Webshots%20&OS=32-bit

  I suggest you to follow the steps and check if it helps.

  Method 1: Follow the steps in the link and check if that helps.

  Diagnose and solve the program installation and uninstallation problems automatically

  Method 2: You can also try to follow the steps in the link and check if it helps.

  Problems installing and uninstalling programs on Windows computers

• Try to mirror a disk with Windows 7 Professional

  I would like to mirror an external drive with a second external dive.  I can't find documentation on how to accomplish this task.  The main drive is configured as dynamic with a simple partition and it contains data.  I tried different configurations of the mirror planned but none seem "ungrey" option to add a mirror on the main disk drive.

  Any guidance would be appreciated.
  What more frustrating, it is only while creating an interlaced together in place is documented, mirroring doesn't seem to be.

  Hi Kfrey,

  Connect to the remote computer

  1. connect you as an administrator or as a member of the Administrators group.

  2. click on start and then click Control Panel. Click performance and Maintenance, click Administrative Tools and then double-click computer management.

  3. right click on the (Local) computer management and then click on connect to another computer.

  4. click on another computer, type the name of the computer to which you want to connect, and then click OK. Or, click Browse to locate the computer, and then click OK twice.

  The computer from the remote computer management window is displayed. Expand storage (if it is not already expanded) and then click Disk Management.

  Create a mirrored on the remote computer Volume

  1. in the disk management window, right-click on the space unallocated on one of the dynamic disks in which you want to create the volume mirrored and then click New Volume.

  2. in the new Volume Wizard, click Next.

  3. click on the mirrored volume, and then click Next.

  4. under all available dynamic disks, click the disk in which you want to host the mirror, and then click Add. Verify that the disks in which you want to create a mirrored volume are listed in the selected dynamic disks box.

  5. in the size box, specify the amount of unallocated disk space to use for the volume, and then click Next.

  6 assign a drive letter or path, and then click Next.

  7. set the options for formatting that you want to use, and then click Next.

  8. check that the options that you selected are correct, and then click Finish. The mirrored volume is created and appears in the dynamic disks in the disk management window.

  9 leave the management of the disks on the remote computer.

  Thank you, and in what concerns:
  Shalini Surana - Microsoft technical support.
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• VMware Workstation failed to mount the physical disk 10TB

  VMware workstation or any other product vmware does support more than 2 TB of physical disks?

  I am trying to connect a 5 of 10 TB raid enclosure and mount it on my ubuntu vmware workstation machine. The common error that I receive is when mounting the reader on ubuntu and I think it might have something to do with the size of the file.
  I am running vmware workstation 12 in windows 10.
  The disk is taken offline in windows and I'm under WS as an administrator.

  Error	VMDK CONTENT	DiskPart Info
  Operation failed on the file "\\.\PhysicalDrive1". If the file is located on a remote file system, make sure that the network connection and the server on which resides this disk to work correctly. If the file is saved on a removable medium, link media. Select Retry to retry the operation. Click Cancel to end this session. Select continue to pass the error to the guest operating system. I/o error, dev sdb, sector 11721553632 I/o error, dev sdb, sector 11721552128 I/o error detected. File system stop Please unmount the file system and to rectify the problem (s) metadata I/O error: block 0x2baa8b100 ("xlog_bwrite") error 5 numblks 8200 can not read the superblock	# Disk DescriptorFile version = 1 Encoding = "windows-1252". CID = 6f4a8bb1 parentCID = ffffffff isNativeSnapshot = 'no '. createType = "fullDevice." # Description of the measure RW 23441768448 DISH '\\.\PhysicalDrive1' 0 partitionUUID \\?\scsi#disk & ven_h #w & prod_raid5 #5 & 19bb575e & 0 & 010000 #{53f56307-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b} # The database disk #DDB ddb.adapterType = "free". ddb.geometry.biosCylinders = "1024". ddb.geometry.biosHeads = "255".

  ddb.geometry.biosSectors = "63".

  DDB. Geometry.Cylinders = "16383.

  DDB. Geometry.Heads = "16".

  DDB. Geometry.sectors = "63".

  ddb.longContentID = "55c8f3052c372c02465d66656f4a8bb1".

  DDB. UUID = "60 00 C2 97 8 a 7 c c2 cb - 9 a 27 51 78 58 a7 e6 3f"

  ddb.virtualHWVersion = "12".

  H/W RAID5

  Disc ID: 00000000

  Type: SATA

  Status: Offline (policy)

  Path: 1

  Target: 0

  LUN ID: 0

  Path: PCIROOT (0) #PCI (1C07) #PCI (0000) #ATA (C01T00L00)

  Current read-only State: No.

  Read-only: No.

  Boot disk: No.

  Disk swap file: No.

  Disk hibernation file: No.

  Crash dump disk: No.

  Cluster disk: No.

  The official version said that WS allows only virtual up to 8 TB of disk.

  According to my own tests, it only limits the size of the VMDK for 'New - VM' Assistant.
  Once you have a greater vmdk - just tried a vmdk 10TB - WS won't complain about the size.
  I don't expect that WS will prevent the physical disks to use inside a virtual machine that is already configured.
  So in your case I think you started WS with a normal user account.
  Try to start as administrator WS - maybe even using the administrator account.
  I think that then it will work.
  Unfortunately, the error messages produced by vmware.exe are not really accurate-, so there is no way to know if you really have a bad super block.
  To test if this is really the problem and not just an error message - poor try to mount the drive directly.
  Please post the vmdk - want to know if there is something unusual about 5.5 TB in the disk.

• Prepare to use a physical disk or an unused Partition

  VMWare Workstation version 8.0.4 build-744019

  SE host: Windows 7 64-bit

  Host HW: 8 GB, Intel Core I7-2670QM 2.2 GHz (4 cores, 8 wires)

  I have a 512 GB SSD (OCZ Vertex 4) in my machine, bought specially to speed up the construction process of the cores for embedded systems.

  I installed Windows 7 64 bit on this SSD and booting from it. I shrunk the drive in Windows 7 diskmanager and released a 100 GB partition to use for a virtual machine running Windows 7 32 bit.

  Training VMWare this 100 GB on disk 0 partition format the easy installation. The Windows 7 installation screen displays this error in step "copying files...". ». The error is 0 x 80070057.

  The States of using VMWare guide (on page 14, under the title 'Prepare to use a disc or unused physical Partition'):

  On Windows Vista and Windows 7 hosts, you cannot use the system partition or physical disk that

  contains, in a virtual machine.
  I just read that I can't do what I'm doing? I can't use a partition on the physical disk that is used to start the host for a virtual machine operating system?
  What is the technical reason for this? Is this something that will be possible in the future (or even now with a workaround) or is it something that is technically simply not possible?
  The reason for me trying to create a virtual machine that has direct access to my SSD is to speed up the virtual machine. I use it to build kernels. Build a kernel 'natively', so outside of a VM, takes 5 minutes. The same core within a virtual machine of construction takes 30 minutes, and it's on a virtual machine that has files of virtual disk it's on this same (very fast) SSD.
  Is there another way to speed up my built inside the virtual machine? The bottleneck is disk access. It's just terribly slow in the VM and lightning fast outside.

  I hope someone can give me some advice! Thanks in advance!

  You can only assign physical drives in a virtual computer with a crowd of Win7 so player set 'offline '.
  Otherwise, you will encounter problems just after starting the virtual machine - the host then banned access to training and the virtual machine stops

  Of course, you can NOT set the drive system 'offline' on a host with a single disc.

  The performance of a physical disk and a preallouee vmdk should be almost the same.

• Satellite A135-S4527 - Windows encountered problem & fails to load

  At startup, Windows attempts to load, but I get the message Windows encountered problem communicating with a device. Windows does not load.
  Tried all attempts for load in SafeMode etc but no luck. Tried to load the Toshiba Recovery utility but still no luck.

  Fortunately the data is saved, but I have no recovery disks.

  How can I get the recovery disc for this machine for delivery here in the United Kingdom when it is a product of the USA?
  If the recovery discs can be ordered in the United States where to order? (I have an address to the United States for delivery if necessary).

  Hello

  As far as I know here in Europe, you will not be able to recovery media order for the laptop models to the United States. If you have a person in the United States, they must contact the nearest authorized service provider and order it for you. Later they send it to you.

  If you need to address and http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/support/jsp/home.jsp?nav=Repair&sn=false check phone numbers

  Good bye

• Need installation disk for Windows XP Edition family fo Compaq Presario S4020WM.

  Hello

  I'm running a Compaq Presario S4020WM and have Windows XP Professional (Service Pack 3) installed.  I got this computer as a gift and it came with this operating system.  The operating system is not a genuine copy of windows (he says it's a version of test on my desktop wallpaper).  The sticker on the computer, says that he supplied with Windows XP Edition original family.  I would like to reinstall Windows XP Home Edition on the computer, but I don't have the installation disc.  I contacted the web site of the window and chat with technical support.  They asked me to contact the manufacturer of the computer for my specific product key installation disc.  My product key is [personal information deleted], my product number is DK214A and the S/N is[personal information deleted].  I know I am not pleased under warranty, but I would be eternally grateful if you could send me the Installation disk for Windows Home Edition for this particular product key.  Thank you.

  Vidya has already pointed out, the HP recovery discs are available for purchase at the third-party provider ComputerSurgeons.com

  There is a direct link to order No. 5069 - 5087 - Windows XP Home SP1 recovery (33NAHERED4) - Compaq discs model S4020WM on the ComputerSurgeons Web site.

  Please send Bravo