[siriusb]

The virtualpc that is discussed here is an emulator software by microsoft which emulates a PC. Since it provides all the services and interfaces that a PC will (like, disk, ram, processor, peripherals, etc), anything that runs on a PC will run in a virtual pc too. It can do what a PC can do, and then some. Unfortuanately, since the virtual pc is an emulation software running inside a host machine, the virtual pc is slower than the host machine by a large ratio.

But why use anozer slower machine to do that? System developers may want to experiment on the virtual pc to avoid trashing their physical pc. System support people may want to recreate a customer's complaint and find solutions for it without having to restart or finding a similarly configured pc to the customer. (My idea: Use as playground for your pet virii). So basically, you can use it as a disposable computer whose state at any time can be saved and refreshed.

You can capture the iso from the dvd and store it in your disk. Then boot your computer using a bootable fedora cd/dvd/floppy and when it asks the medium for installation, choose hdd and point it to the iso.