Hi Ronni & Carlo I have sent a message to the SFHG who published the CD asking about Windows 7.
I hope it will work, I don't have a copy of XP, the PC came with a set of 'Restore Disks'. I have Windows 95 and 98 but I presume they would not run in Boot Camp. Thanks for all your help. Best wishes from Diana On 04/10/2011, at 6:34 PM, cm wrote: > Hi Ronni, > > I am not familiar with nor have I used the software "Sussex Marriage Index" > so I can't give a definite answer. I guess it is worth a try if Diana is in a > position to try XP Mode under Parallels without too much extra effort. > > My reading of the error message "Conflict with Disc Emulator Software > detected" is that it seems to suggest a problem with the virtual machine, > Parallels, rather than the version of Windows. Of course error messages can > be unreliable. > > In case you are unclear about any of this Diana, the one take away message is > that running any version of Windows under Boot Camp is perfectly stock > standard and no different that running that same Windows version on a Dell > computer. So if you know that "Sussex Marriage Index" runs on say Windows 7 > (or Windows XP) on a Windows PC then it will certainly run on Windows 7 (or > Windows XP) under Boot Camp. > > With luck it will also run on that same version of Windows on Parallels but > that is not guaranteed. > > Cheers, > Carlo > > > On 2011-10-04, at 18:17, Ronda Brown wrote: > >> Hi Diana & Carlo, >> >> Carlo, would 'Windows XP Mode' in Windows 7 work? >> >> <http://www.google.com.au/search?q=Windows+XP+Mode+in+Windows+7+in+Parallels+7%3F&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari> >> >> <http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1082927> >> >> <http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/install-and-use-windows-xp-mode-in-windows-7> >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> Sent from Ronni's iPad >> >> On 04/10/2011, at 5:44 PM, cm <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Diana, >>> >>> Yes, it is my understanding that you cannot use Boot Camp to boot from an >>> external drive, so you will have to partition your internal drive. >>> According to this Apple video, Boot Camp Assistant will do the partitioning >>> for you. >>> >>> http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/#windowsmac >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Carlo >>> >>> On 2011-10-04, at 17:29, Diana & Graham Stevens wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Mike & Carlo >>>> >>>> Thanks for your help. >>>> >>>> This CD runs on XP so I was told it would be OK with Windows 7. >>>> >>>> I shall have to investigate Boot Camp. Will this mean I need to partition >>>> my HD and reinstall everything? >>>> >>>> Best wishes from Diana >>>> >>>> On 04/10/2011, at 3:12 PM, Mike Murray wrote: >>>> >>>>> Does the CD run on a real PC with Windows 7? It was released in 2004 I >>>>> think. Some of my older Family History CDs won't run on Vista...I keep a >>>>> laptop running Windows98 just to access the stuff! >>>>> >>>> On 04/10/2011, at 4:25 PM, cm wrote: >>>> >>>>> Parallels runs what is called a virtual machine, so even though it is >>>>> real Windows, it does put an emulation layer between Windows and the >>>>> hardware. If you want real Windows on real hardware you can boot up in >>>>> Windows using Boot Camp. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> I have long known that the Sussex Marriage Index would not run on Macs >>>>>> using >>>>>> simulation but in my innocence I thought that with an Intel Mac this was >>>>>> real >>>>>> Windows! -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
