Microsoft KB Archive/825531

= How to create or to duplicate a new drive image in Virtual PC for Mac =

Article ID: 825531

Article Last Modified on 2/4/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Connectix Virtual PC for Mac 5.0
 * Connectix Virtual PC for Mac 6.0
 * Microsoft Virtual PC for Mac Version 6.1

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IN THIS TASK

 * SUMMARY
 * Create a new drive image
 * Duplicate an existing drive image



SUMMARY
This step-by-step article describes how to create or to duplicate a drive image in Connectix Virtual PC for Mac.

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Create a new drive image
To create a new drive image, follow these steps:
 * 1) On the Window menu, click Virtual Disk Assistant.
 * 2) Click Create new floppy or hard disk image, and then click the right arrow to continue.
 * 3) Click Create hard disk image, and then click the right arrow to continue.
 * 4) Click Select Drive Location, select the drive where you want to create the drive image, click Continue, and then click the right arrow to continue.
 * 5) Click the operating system that you want to use, and then click the right arrow to continue.
 * 6) In the Hard disk Capacity dialog box, click Advanced Options to make any optional changes you want, and then perform one of the following steps:
 * 7) * Click Dynamically expanding drive image to create a drive image file that dynamically expands in 2 megabyte (MB) increments to the maximum size that you specify or until it uses all the available hard disk space on the host computer.
 * 8) * Click Fixed size drive image to create a drive image file of the size that you specify in the Capacity box. For example, if you create a 10 gigabyte (GB) fixed-size drive image, the file that is created is 10 GB, even if you do not load any data in the drive image file.
 * 9) Click Create Drive.

Note For a large fixed-size drive image, this operation may take several minutes to complete.

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Duplicate an existing drive image
To duplicate an existing drive image, follow these steps:
 * 1) Shut down the PC that has the drive image that you want to duplicate.
 * 2) Use the Finder to locate and then click the drive image that you want to duplicate.
 * 3) On the File menu, click Duplicate.

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