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You'll have to learn how computers work, thus giving you the information how a virtual machine works, thus you can setup Vista in the VM yourself.
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We can't help you install Vista in VirtualBox, it's too much to go into. I must warn you, running another operating system as a virtual machine is much slower and likely won't give DirectX access to the video card, you'll be using OpenGL drivers. You may be better off using VMFusion, this will alllow you to COPY the present Vista "Untitled" partition and use it in OS X as a virtual machine.
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You will need to read the documentation of VirtualBox, review on the forums and see if it works on OS x Lion, have the original copy and serial number of your Windows Vista install disk(s) I'm really sorry if this is sounding like a spoonfeeding, it's just that I'm on a really tight schedule.
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May you please teach me how to load OS in VB?

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Also Windows is on Win 7.ĭont' know what to suggest in your case but to ask very nicely on the VirtualBox forums about your problem, as you know it's free so don't get snitty with them, offer to assist them perhaps. You can choose to swtich to VMFusion or Parallels Desktop, but it's payware. You likely should have stayed on 10.6 until VirtualBox was updated for Lion. Taking up 400GB of disk space when you don't need it is asking for trouble, perhaps Windows Vista vm file is corrupted, revert to a earleier snapshot.Īs you know Oracle bought Sun and likely isn't contributing enough manpower for VirtualBox, especially updating it for OS X Lion. Also why such large vvirtual partitions, VirtualBox should scale up/down the vm file size as needed. If they are virtual ones and you don't have any REAL partitions, then your not running BootCamp obviously. You mention you have two 400GB partitions, are these REAL partitions or virtual ones? So going by what your saying you have both BootCamp (copy of Windows Vista there) and VirtualBox (another copy of windows Vista there) so you can either direct boot Vista or use Vista in OS X?
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VirtualBox is free virtual machine program that allows other operating systems to run like a file in OS X.īootCamp is Apple's method to simplify creating and deleting a section on the boot drive called a partition that allows direct installation and direct hardware booting of Windows, however only Windows 7 is supported far as I know. VirtualBox is also a bit more difficult to use, it's mainly for computer types. Like I've mentioned before, VirtualBox is freeware, and depends upon Oracle supporting it and OS x Lion was just released so it might take longer for VirtualBox to come up to speed for Lion than VMFusion or Parrallels Desktop. So to have a Bootcamp Vista and a Virtual machine Vista, you need TWO copies of Vista installed.Īgain I should warn you that for some reason you ever need to reinstall Vista on the Bootcamp "Untiled" parition, OS Xwill not allow you to do it, only Windows 7. When you run virtual machine software, your running Windows (or any OS) that's a file saved in OS X, not the in the Bootcamp Partition.


VirtualBox likely doesn't have the abilitiy like VMFusion or Parallels Desktop to copy the present Vista Bootcamp partition and use that COPY as a virtual machine in OS X. VirtualBox is a program that you've installed into OS X, if you want Vista to run in OS X you need to run VirtualBox and set up a new virtual machine, then insert your original Windows Vista install disk. I have VirtualBox in my Mac, so when I open VirtualBox, I don't know why it is not locating the Vista which is in Untitled. This setup gives Vista control of the hardware and provides the best performance. You can only run one or the other, not both at the same time. When you hold the Option key down, you have a choice to select OS X or Vista partition as a direct boot option, as each are in their own partitions on the boot drive. Or perhaps you bought the Mac with Windows Vista already installed in Bootcamp for you, then you upgraded to 10.7 on the OS X Parttion.

What you have done earlier on 10.6 Snow Leopard is setup Bootcamp with Vista on a seperate real partition "Untitled" and then upgraded OSX to 10.7 which will continue to use the older Windows Vista partition, but the newer Bootcamp of later 10.6 versions and 10.7 won't install Vista, only Windows 7.
