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Hello. I have Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 and I want to install Fedora Core 1 on it. But, whenever the installation process gets to the partitioning part, it displays this message:
"The partition table on device hda was unreadable. To create
new partitions it must be initialized, causing the loass of ALL
DATA on this drive.

This operation will override any previois installation choices
about which drives to ignore.

Would you like to initialize this drive, erasing ALL DATA?

[No] [Yes]"

Should I say yes, or no? I don't want to overwrite Microsoft Windows XP if thats what it'll do. What should I do?

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by Former member

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by usit

I installed ubuntu and hit yes and had no issues. It's virtual, i understand your concern. It is a microsoft product.

by m61

...try a different VM program, vmware server is free, and downloadable

by Former member

What do I do with Virtual PC? If I say yes, will it erase my real Hard Drive, or just the virtual one? I don't wanna lose Windows XP. But, I also still want Linux. What should I do?

by dawgit

Possible? Yes, of course. Tricky? It can be. I haven't worked (played) with the ?Microsoft Virtual PC 2007? so I can't visualize what you where you are or what and when you see it. The first problem is the term ?Linux?. (yes the word itself) It's only been a year or so that MS even acknowledged the OS existed. They did how ever accept Unix, so we do too. And that's where you start. Check out the ?Windows Services for UNIX? web site, you'll find lots of hidden tricks in there. (see the link: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/interopmigration/bb380242.aspx ) Also there is a lot of good info over at the ?Windows/Linux Integration? web site, at: http://www.winlinanswers.com/ . That's just for starters. Personally I prefer to load the Linux on the Hard Drive as an Install (Dual Boot) than get the Visual PC to recognize it. But as I said, not being familiar with ?Microsoft Virtual PC 2007? I don't know if that's feasible. One Question; why the ?Core1?? I would prefer the ?Core2? myself, it's a better platform IMHO, it uses the 2.4 kernel. Good Luck. -d

by faradhi

You should be working with Virtual harddrives.

Unless you told VPC to use the real harddrive, then vpc will do nothing with the real hard drive.

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