- #Windows xp iso for virtualbox install#
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#Windows xp iso for virtualbox windows#
Next, I changed some items in Start > My Computer (i.e., Windows Explorer): Power Options > Power Schemes tab > never turn off monitor and hard disks.System > Automatic Updates tab > Turn off Automatic Updates.(No Internet connection running in Linux no antivirus to interfere with Cameyo.) Optionally: Manage security settings for: (turn firewall off).
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#Windows xp iso for virtualbox install#
In the WinXP VM, I went to the VirtualBox title bar > Devices > Insert Guest Additions CD Image > install with default settings > keep clicking Continue Anyway > Reboot now. I used exactly the same username (i.e., ray, not Ray) as I would use in Linux or in other Windows installations. I chose NTFS quick format and went through the Windows XP installation process. When asked to Select Start-up Disk, I browsed to my Windows XP installation ISO and then clicked Start. Click OK to exit Settings.īack in the main VirtualBox window, I selected this WinXP x32 SP3 Basic VM and clicked Start. Shared Folders: enable and automount a folder outside the VM that will serve as a port into the VM. Network tab: enable network adapter, but choose Attached to: Not attached. Display tab: 128MB video RAM and enable both acceleration boxes. System tab: enable I/O APIC, allocate two CPUs, enable PAE/NX. These were as follows: General tab: designate Snapshot folder as a subfolder under the WinXP x32 SP3 folder, and set both the Clipboard and Drag’n’Drop to Bidirectional. Then, with that new VM selected in VirtualBox, I clicked on Settings and went down the list of settings detailed in the other post. Note also that it might be possible to allocate much more RAM to a VirtualBox VM on a Linux system than on a Windows system.) (On some systems, I might need to allocate as little as a minimum of 300MB RAM to get through the Windows XP installation. I specified 1024MB RAM > Create a virtual hard disk now > Create > file size 20GB > VDI > Dynamically Allocated > Create. That caused the Type and Version fields to fill out automatically. With that set, I created the empty VM by using VirtualBox > Machine > New > Expert Mode (which may already be the default not Guided Mode) > Name: WinXP x32 SP3 Basic. This was the parent folder where I wanted folders containing this and other VMs to be created. My first step was to go into VirtualBox > File > Preferences > General > Default Machine folder. Materials I had seen from VMware and Cameyo emphasized that a simple machine, preferably Windows XP with Service Pack 3 (SP3) installed, would be ideal.
#Windows xp iso for virtualbox portable#
I wanted a clean VM because I planned to use it for creating portable versions of Windows programs. ( A different post discusses other methods of constructing or converting Windows VMs.)
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Readers are encouraged to consult that other post for additional detail. This post summarizes the steps in that process. A previous post offers a detailed description of the process of creating a clean Windows XP virtual machine (VM) in VirtualBox.