I use Virtual PC 2004 all the time. Virtual computers, which reside in memory instead of living on a single physical computer, are one the most useful tools you can have in your developer toolkit. I can’t work without them anymore. I’ll talk about how I use them on another day.
I found two great blogs that are chock full of Virtual PC tips.
Ben Armstrong
Ben Armstrong is the Program Manager for the Virtual PC team. I learned a lot from reading his blog. Did you know that you can migrate a physical drive to a virtual drive?
Using Virtual PC for computer migration
Would you like to copy a physical machine to a virtual machine?
Tips for migrating a physical computer to a virtual machine (part 1)
Tips for migrating a physical computer to a virtual machine (part 2)
Tips for migrating a physical computer to a virtual machine (part 3)
Tips for migrating a physical computer to a virtual machine (part 4)
How about creating a network that only your virtual machines can use?
Dedicated networking for Virtual Machines
There is plenty more, see for yourself.
Megan Davis
Megan Davis is a technical writer at Microsoft and she blogs mostly about Virtual PC/Server.
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