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Elmarluetge
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Contributor
‎01-23-2009 03:27 AM

PXE Boot makes it impossible to install Vista on WS 6.5.1

Maybe i make a mistake here somewhere but i can't seem to be able to install Vista Business on my XP PC with Workstation 6.5.1. Although the DVD is recognized and EasyInstall is checked the VM always tries to boot from PXE without giving me any chance to boot from the DVD drive.

I've tried editing the boot settings and also the "BIOS" but nothing seems to work. It's always PXE and PXE only...

What do i do wrong?

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RDPetruska
Leadership
Leadership
‎01-23-2009 05:42 AM

Do you have more than one optical drive in your host? Try disabling "auto detect" and manually specify the drive letter.

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Scissor
Virtuoso
Virtuoso
‎01-23-2009 08:54 PM

If RDP's suggestion doesn't work, try converting your DVD into an ISO image file and install using the the .ISO file.

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