DVD Drive in XP Compatibility Mode...

[NewMan]

I have a fresh install of Win7 Pro x64, and I have installed the
Microsoft Virtaul PC and the XP compatibility image.

I have a DVD drive on the x64 platform, and the XP image says it has a
DVD drive. The DVD dive in the XP image is not accessable.

When I check the vmcx settings file in MS VPC, it shows that no drive
is assigned to the DVD of the XP image.

I made sure that the XP machine is "shut down". I went to "settings"
of the XP image, and tried to assign the x64 DVD drive to the xp image
DVD drive and I get the following error:

"File may be in use by another process or you may not have sufficient
access privilege."

Since the virtual xp machine is shut down, and I am an administrator,
neither should be the case.

There is no lock on any of the files (at least none that I can
detect).

So what is goin gon here????

Any ideas of how to correct this problem???

I really need to get access to the real DVD from the virtual machine.

Thanks

[NewMan]

After much troubleshooting, I eventually had to un-install and
re-install Windows Virtual PC.

Problem solved.

On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:53:01 -0800, Newman >
wrote:

>I have a fresh install of Win7 Pro x64, and I have installed the
>Microsoft Virtaul PC and the XP compatibility image.
>
>I have a DVD drive on the x64 platform, and the XP image says it has a
>DVD drive. The DVD dive in the XP image is not accessable.
>
>When I check the vmcx settings file in MS VPC, it shows that no drive
>is assigned to the DVD of the XP image.
>
>I made sure that the XP machine is "shut down". I went to "settings"
>of the XP image, and tried to assign the x64 DVD drive to the xp image
>DVD drive and I get the following error:
>
>"File may be in use by another process or you may not have sufficient
>access privilege."
>
>Since the virtual xp machine is shut down, and I am an administrator,
>neither should be the case.
>
>There is no lock on any of the files (at least none that I can
>detect).
>
>So what is goin gon here????
>
>Any ideas of how to correct this problem???
>
>I really need to get access to the real DVD from the virtual machine.
>
>Thanks