Getting Started on Virtualization with Microsoft Virtual PC 2007, Part II: Installation

October 30th, 2008

Introduction

This post shows you how to install Microsoft Virtual PC 2007. The steps are quite easy, simply click next, next and next. But I decide to keep this post to make the series complete. By the time I writing this, the latest version is Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 SP1.
Note: The PC that is being installed the Virtual PC should has more than single core (Dual or Quad cores) and has enough memory for virtual machines. Otherwise, it may be slow when you run a virtual machine.

The series are divided into 7 parts:

Getting Started on Virtualization with Microsoft Virtual PC 2007, Part I: Introduction
Getting Started on Virtualization with Microsoft Virtual PC 2007, Part II: Installation
Getting Started on Virtualization with Microsoft Virtual PC 2007, Part III: New Virtual Machine
Getting Started on Virtualization with Microsoft Virtual PC 2007, Part IV: Install Guest OS
Getting Started on Virtualization with Microsoft Virtual PC 2007, Part V: Install Virtual Machine Additions
Getting Started on Virtualization with Microsoft Virtual PC 2007, Part VI: Configure Virtual Machine Settings
Getting Started on Virtualization with Microsoft Virtual PC 2007, Part VII: Duplicate Virtual Machine

In this example, I’ve selected HP DX 7400 SFF as a sample PC for this series. The spec is Intel Dual Core E8400 (3.00 GHz) with customized RAM to 3.5 GB since Windows XP 32-bit can see maximum at 3.5 GB and hard disk 250 GB. With lot of RAM, I’ve tested that I can run up to 4 virtual machines on this PC simultaneously.

Step-by-step

Download Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 SP1 from Microsoft website or my download page.
Double-click on setup.exe to start the installation wizard. Click Next to continue.
Select I accept the terms in the license agreement. Click Next.
Enter Customer Information and click Next.
Click Install to start the installation.
Waiting the installation to finish.
Click Finish to complete the installation.
Now you have installed Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 SP1. Next, I’ll show how to create a new virtual machine. Continue on part III - New Virtual Machine.