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A while back I wanted to write an e-book about what it takes for the average person or small business owner to setup their own server then create a domain for security and sharing of resources.

I have a nice server and some spare drives so I decide to pull out the 'good' drives and put in the spare drives and load it up. All the while doing this I was making screen shots of my progress. When I was done I removed the experiment drives and inserted the 'good' drives. Oppps, I for got that I had changed the SCSI controller. This mistake wiped the 'good' drives clean. Yup, lost it all.

Now as a long time Windows System Admin and knowing about virtual computers this did not dawn on me.

In the past I have used Virtual Computers or Virtual Machines (as VM Ware calls them) but before the Core 2 Duo processor running a Virtual Computer or a Virtual Machines on a desktop or a laptop would take all the processing power that even a P4 running at 3 GHz could muster. So it didn't even cross my mind about using a Virtual Machines to do this experiment.

Since then I have tried two different Virtual Computers, VM Ware and VitrualBox and I am here to tell you that the dual processor setup will run more than one Virtual Machines at the same time with little or no drag on the system resources.

I setup two different Virtual Machine's one VM Ware and one VirtualBox and ran them both at the same time, I also had my normal desktop items open at the same time. My new computer with a Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz and two gig of memory did not even blink.

Another thing that I like about using a Virtual Machines for testing is if it gets so bad that it blue screens or fails to start you just delete it and create a new Virtual Machines and then back to what you were doing. Or you can do your troubleshooting with the Virtual Machines, have to restart, no problem while it is restarting read an email, surf the web, or do something else.

So if you are a developer, an experimenter, or just want to test out a different Operating System I would suggest you jump on the internet and grab a copy of these programs and stop trashing a perfectly good Operating System installation.

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Question by Tom Z: Would a virus meant for a virtual computer infect the host computer in the download process? I'm running a virtual computer (Windows XP Home SP3) through Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.0.4 on a Windows Vista Host. The virtual computer is connected to the internet via a virtual adapter that connects to the host's internet connection. Would a virus/spyware that is being acquired by the virtual machine infect the host during the time period when the virus/spyware is downloaded by the host for the guest? Best answer for Would a virus meant for a virtual computer infect the host computer in the download process?:

Answer by cotojo
I use Sandboxie, which creates a virtual space away from the hard drive and all of my surfing is done within this virtual space. I also open malware in it for test and research purposes: http://tinyurl.com/SandboxedMalware Because you are in a VM, no virus/malware will download to your drive unless you give it the rights to by 'recovering' it. With any virtual space, everything within it disappears unless the user specifically recovers items from it, so the element of risk lies with the user. I have had no infections after deleting the contents of the sandbox and only recover bookmarks and downloaded files that I specifically wish to.

Answer by Etc E
If you are having a virus or Malware problem, you should receive professional Malware removal support from a website like http://www.geekpolice.net/ If you are not sure if it's a virus or not, they will use special softwares to check it for you. I recommended it because they provide the best and the fastest services on the internet.

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