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Click to view WoodyZ's profile Guru 10,119 posts since
Apr 22, 2004
syanover wrote: I've tried what is suggested and get to boot from Windows CD, but then I get "Setup is inspecting your computer's hardware" and things just sort of freeze there.

Does it just take a really really long time, or am I messing something up.


It normally should not take that long on a Virtual Machine however I have seen it take a while on a physical system when there was defective hardware on the system and I'd assume that if something is corrupt in the Virtual Machine then it could cause it to hang as well.

I'd start by shutting down, not suspending, the Virtual Machine and close Fusion and reboot the Mac and then try it again and see if it hangs.

Click to view syanover's profile Lurker 2 posts since
Jul 14, 2008
I shut down the VM, closed Fusion, rebooted. Gets as far as "Setup is inspecting your computer's hardware configuration..." then it hangs, the disc spins for a bit then everything gets quiet.

I'm running Fusion 1.1.3(94249).

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