Windows 7 - how do i get firewire (ieee 1394) running on virtual anything?

Asked By charles kuchar

28-Jan-10 04:58 PM

I got a nikon LS-4000 slide scanner with a firewire output.  I have a
firewire port on my dg45id motherboard with an e8400 processor and 8g of
ram.  I am running windows 7 ultimate.  the only software is for the vista.
I am running virtual XP, virtual 2000, virtual 98se.  I do have windows ME
but I try and stay away from that operating system.  I can plug and unplug
my firewire connection and I get a beep out of the computer but nothing in
device manager shows up.  I checked the bios in windows 7 and the firewire
is enabled.  do not know where to turn to next other than nikon is working on
drives for windows 7.  charlie

28-Jan-10 05:14 PM

I do not think you can access firewire on any virtual machine.

Have you tried
http://www.earthboundlight.com/phototips/coolscan-vista-64.html ?

28-Jan-10 05:15 PM

There are no virtualization solutions that support Firewire that I am aware
of. As for not having Win7 drivers, you could try installing Vista drivers
IF there are 64-bit ones. Otherwise, you will need to use a different computer
for your scanner until Nikon gets its act together.

--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/russel

28-Jan-10 07:54 PM

finally found a post where the user was able to get the scanner working on
vista and there were comments that some users were able to get windows 7
working also.  did the instructions and now I have the scanner working on
the laptop with vista SP2.
I certainly am getting experience in the virtual pc's.  charlie