Need To Re-Install VIDA, But no CD-Drive! Topic is solved

Post by **packetfire** » 14 May 2020, 06:10

Many moons ago, I bought a VIDA Dice from China for my V70.

All has been well, until the old Lenovo S10-2 running XP that I used for VIDA died.
It ran Vida-2012.

My new laptop is a Windows 8.1 machine (yes, I am a Windows 10 Refusenik, but I do wear all required Biohazard Level 4 gear when venturing out to the market)

I find that the linked packages do not install - the "2014D Direct Installer.7z" dies, and the 2nd file of the set uploaded to "Mega" simply does not exist.

There was a Vmware package that I installed and played with, but I removed it on the grounds that I had a nice transflective display on the S10-2, so it was more useful in daylight.

The CD/DVD drive that works on Win XP does not work on my Win 8.1 laptop at all, so, while I have a disk, I need a downloadable version. Can anyone help an old guy to Vida his Volvo?

Post by **packetfire** » 14 May 2020, 07:01

"2014D Direct Installer" fails when run in Win 7 Compatibility mode on a Win 8 machine with the error shown in the image file below.

Post by **packetfire** » 20 May 2020, 20:28

The download of an image that included both the VIDA and the environment required to run under VMWARE was the solution here.

KrikIT · Post by **KrikIT** » 10 Jul 2020, 12:56

Hi Packetfire! Am interested in the VIDA but the download link I found for it from a GoogleDrive says it has exceeded download limits. Any chance you could post a link to your source for the download? Thanks.