I bought a new MacBook Pro about a month ago. Within the first couple days of getting it, I tried really hard to make the copy of Windows XP Pro that came along with Virtual PC work with the program. I followed instructions and tips all over the Internet and got lots of support from Nathaniel. Unfortunately, we always got stuck at a screen asking us to insert the disk labeled Windows XP … into drive A. I found other people having the same problem, but no one could offer up a solution that seemed to fix it.
I eventually just gave up. Fortunately, we had a copy of Windows XP Home that came with a Dell box that seemed to work with Parallels and allowed me to test the system for a few weeks. Well, Windows had been bugging me about product activiation being required in a few days so I figured it was time for a more permanent solution.
After hours of searching today and building a dozen or so ISO images, I finally decided to try putting the following files both in the root of the CD and in the i386 folder:
- win51
- win51ip
- win51ip.sp2
- win51ip.spx
I don’t know which files are actually required, nor do I care. It works!
Wednesday, 8. November 2006
Where did you find the “win51ip.SPx” file? That was the one step on the Bart tutorial that was unclear to me. “Put this file here…” but from where?
Wednesday, 8. November 2006
Just make a blank text file with those names. There will be nothing in the file, the installer just searches for the file names.
Friday, 19. January 2007
Thanks Schester, you saved me a bunch of heartache with that tip. :>
Tuesday, 8. January 2008
I put all the 5 files in the root and i386 folder. But still prompt for the SP2 CD in drive A:. Any suggestion ?
Tuesday, 8. January 2008
Nope, I’m sorry I haven’t come across another problem since then.
Could it be something with your drive mapping to A:?