Virtual PC and USB

I have Virtual PC with Win XP installed on my PowerBook.
I can't seem to figure out how to make Win XP - on the VPC - recognize my external HDD, which is connected via USB.
I use a wireless keyboard and mouse; they are both connected via USB and are recognized and usable on VPC.
Any thoughts?

Hmm, not sure on that. You're supposed to be able to share local and network volumes, but I assume thay mean Mac volumes.
You can mount a VPC volume on the OS X desktop and open it and access/transfer files, then they would be visible.
Have you checked www.microsoft.com/mac/support ?

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havent worked on any in a while
recent machines have been coupleof dell's , vaio & emachine
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The essential guide to DW cs4... by D. Powers: when from wamp to xampp+virtual host and having problems :(

Following the book in chapter 2 I think Ivé followed everything correctly, but have encluded all the things I've edited below.
I was using wamp with no problems but after trying to set up a virtual host and now using xampp im abit lost its probabsomething stupid but I can find the prob.
(This post is abit long and dragged out so I used some colour to try ease the reading..)
When I try to view a dynamic page in live view or in firefox I get the following error:
**when using:
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Error 403
thegoodlife
2009/10/13 12:47:48 PM
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# DocumentRoot: The directory out of which you will serve your
# documents. By default, all requests are taken from this directory, but
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DocumentRoot "C:/htdocs"
and
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<Directory "C:/htdocs">
3. Created vhosts folder; with a sub-folder called thegoodlife (C:\vhosts)
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<VirtualHost *:80>
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ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
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ServerName dwcs4
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot c:/vhosts/thegoodlife
ServerName thegoodlife
</VirtualHost>
Then creating the site definition:
local root forlder: C:\htdocs\thegoodlife\
testing server folder: C:\vhosts\thegoodlife\
URL prefix: http://thegoodlife/
hope i've covered all area's where I could have gone wrong

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I'm not able to copy and paste files from my mac to hard disk and usb. I have tried dragging the items I want to copy to those devices but it won't work. I also have tried copying and pasting those files onto those devices too but that doesn't work too. Can any one help?

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I am working for a company which has Windows Server 2012 R2 domain server and mixture of Windows 7 and Windows 8 client computers.
The problem is, I need to configure bit-locker in all client machine, but some machine doesn't have TPM. I found a way to configure bit-locker without TPM, but it requires USB(key within it) at every startup.
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I have noticed this issue with my Intel iMac as well as my PPC iMac
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Normally the iMac will wake itself up at 11pm to shut down. If my iPod or Palm is connected it will not. It will only shut down via schedule if it is awake when scheduled time is reached.
iMac G5 2 Ghz 1.5 Ram 400 Gig HD & iBook G4 1.33 12 Mac OS X (10.4.6)

So just an updated to my original post. I have been working with tech support for Missing Sync. There is a known issue with a menu bar application that comes with their software. It seems when more than 1 or 2 usb devices are connected this menu bar app doesn't load correctly... or at all.
According to them.. one of their techs actually spoke with a Apple Engineer at WWDC this week regarding the issue. According to this Apple Engineer there is a known issue with OS X and USB handling. Apparently the OS can "freak out" if certain devices are connected during boot.
No other specifics where given, and who knows if this is Missing Syncs attempt at shelling off responsibility to Apple. However, I am inclined to believe it as I have noticed that my iMac Intel or PowerPC will take a significantly longer time booting if my iPod or Palm Pilot is docked during boot. I've also noticed I can't reset my PRAM when these devices are connected.
I hope apply addresses these issues, seems kinda crazy its gotten this far being that USB devices are the primary method for expanding your Mac's abilities.
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