Vida help.

[stevebg]

Originally Posted by volvoski

Comment on the weather three more times and your good to go…..
Lap top I have is as others have said very basic and old and dedicated to that one job.

Lol I'll pm soon as I can

[stevebg]

Originally Posted by volvoski

Comment on the weather three more times and your good to go…..
Lap top I have is as others have said very basic and old and dedicated to that one job.

Old doesn't worry me it will be solely for vida mate

[stevebg]

Originally Posted by volvoski

Comment on the weather three more times and your good to go…..
Lap top I have is as others have said very basic and old and dedicated to that one job.

I'll try to pm again 😁

[stevebg]

Originally Posted by volvoski

Comment on the weather three more times and your good to go…..
Lap top I have is as others have said very basic and old and dedicated to that one job.

Still unable to pm just yet dude

[passenger]

I think you need to post on 3 diffrent topics.

[stevebg]

Originally Posted by volvoski

Comment on the weather three more times and your good to go…..
Lap top I have is as others have said very basic and old and dedicated to that one job.

Received your pm John but I'm unable to reply

[stevebg]

Originally Posted by Olaf Els

There's no need to buy a laptop with VIDA installed. You can utilise your existing laptop without wiping it clean. Best if it's not Windows 10, but that won't be a problem if you go the virtual machine route. Another option is to put VIDA on a bootable USB stick. I've tried all three methods - direct install; virtual machine; and bootable USB and they all work fine.

VIDA is only for Volvo cars, and those up to 2014 or 2015.

This is the best resource I've found for VIDA downloads: https://volvodiag.com/

Tks for the reply , I do have a windows 10 machine but I know nothing about vm or what it is lol hence me considering purchasing a laptop with vida allready installed and working

[TriggerFish]

Originally Posted by Olaf Els

That's sensible advice. An advantage of having a dedicated laptop is that you can isolate it from the internet and therefore avoid receiving updates that might interfere with VIDA. Of course this can also be achieved both a Virtual Machine and a bootable USB stick.

Also worth noting that you can isolate a VM from the host's network too (disconnect the vNIC from either Windows/*NIX, or the hypervisor itself) so you can still use a VM and be safe from updates etc (this is what I do, esp as I have a few different manufacture's software, and it saves having one laptop per car ).

Something like this, for example: https://ccm.net/apps-sites/software/...k%20on%20OK%20.

[stevebg]

Originally Posted by volvoski

I have one with a lap top for it for sale. Pm me if your interested.

Hi John, are.you selling the laptop with vida allready installed and running ? Is the dice unit Inc tks

[volvoski]

It’s all ready to go yes. Vida and lap top. That’s how I bought it. Came with some really good idiot proof written instructions too.