Hi all,

I'm sure the answer is already on here somewhere but I've had a good look and can't find it.

I am currently doing a course for an MCDBA (gulp!), as part of the course I have to do the ComptiA+ and I am looking to sit the first exam for this in a few weeks.

I am currently running XP PRO, VERSION 2002, SP2 on a ATHALON XP 2200+ 1.8GHz AND 768MB RAM.

I need to learn a bit about windows 95, 98, ME and 2000 and to this end I have installed virtual pc 2007, I have selected the operating system(s) I WANT and created a virtual HARD drive (vhd). I start virtual pc and select the operating system and start it, a window opens with a black background and performs what 'looks' like a post and then comes up with:

"Argon PXE boot agent v2.00 (BIOS Integrated)
(C) COPYRIGHT 2004 blah blah blah..."


CLIENT MAC ADDR ** ** ** ** ** ** ** GUID: ******-******-*****-***
DHCP....\

Then it comes up with

"Reboot and Select proper Boot device
or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot Device"

So what am I doing wrong? The only thing I can think of is that VPC requires L2cache to run and I don't know if I have that or how to check if I have got it.

This course is costing me £4,500 or approx $9,000 so it's really important to me that I learn as much as possible.

Thanx for your help
Have you installed the windows OS you want on the virtual machine? Virtual PC doesn't come with any operating SYSTEMS, you have to install them like on a real computer. Well don't I look like a numpty lol

Thought it was all included in VPC i.e. VIRTUAL and that I didn't have to install it i.e. ACTUALL

Thanx tho'

ps. Do MS do trial OS's for free?No I don't believe they do... except for a 120 day trial of Windows XP 64 bit.