Windows Xp Iso Download For Virtualbox
I have Windows 7 Professional hosting Ubuntu inside VirtualBox for my development machine. To test my site, I run Internet Explorer and hit my Ubuntu box. This works great for Internet Explorer 8, the default browser on this Windows machine.
It is a straightforward tool and turns the Windows XP ISO image into bootable USB drive with a single click. Download and install this tool. Method to Create Bootable USB. Connect the USB to your PC. Now, click the “Download” link given in the below section to download the Windows XP SP3 ISO image. Start the virtual machine and go to the Windows XP installer. Starting installer in VirtualBox. Download the Windows XP ISO image file from the download section. Launch the Virtualbox application on your computer, and start creating a new virtual machine. Select Windows XP (32-bit) and use defualt settings for the virtual machine.
I also want to run another VM with a copy of Windows XP with Internet Explorer 6 or Internet Explorer 7.
Where can I download ISO image files of old copies of Windows XP? I've looked in Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VPC Image and these only run in Virtual PC/XP Mode which won't run while VirtualBox is running.
If I have to run VirtualBox (can't work without Ubuntu running the site), is there any way to test Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7, and Internet Explorer 8 from the same Windows 7 machine?
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Using a VirtualPC VHD in VirtualBox:
- Create a new virtual machine
- Click Next and Enter the virtual machine name and type, clicking next again.
- Set memory size
- On the next page ('Virtual Hard Disk') select 'Use Existing hard disk' and click the little folder icon 'Choose a virual disk file' (image below)
- Browse through the filesystem to where your VHD is stored and double click it.
- Carry on through creating the virtual machine until you are done.
I have confirmed that this works on VirtualBox 4, I am able to download the Microsoft Windows XP image from the site you linked and run it in VirtualBox. You do get a lot of 'Found New Hardware' warnings though.
Alternative: Convert VirtualPC VHD to VirtualBox VDI:
Have you tried to convert the Internet Explorer test VirtualPC VHD files to the VirtualPC VDI files? That might possibly work, but I have no way to test..
There are some instructions here which I will sum up briefly:
- Install QEMU package (sudo apt-get install qemu)
- Convert .vhd file:
qemu-img convert -O raw myfile.vhd myfile.bin Once the file has been converted, we convert it to .vdi format using VBoxManage:
VBoxManage convertfromraw myfile.bin myfile.vdi –variant standardNote 1: “variant” is specified to ensure we have an expandable VDI file (.bin file is 17 GB, the .vdi file will be only 1.5 GB)
Note 2: in the previous version, “convertfromraw” command was called “convertdd”
I would assume the process is very similar for working within Windows, just install or download QEMU and run the above commands from within the QEMU/VirtualBox directories.
Peter MortensenWindows XP is generally not available for download in ISO format from legitimate sources.
All an ISO file is is a bit-for-bit image of a CD or DVD. You can make your own from most physical CD/DVDs using commonly available software including most CD/DVD authoring software. If you have a spare Windows XP CD and license, you can either use it to make an ISO and mount it in VirtualBox (or any other virtual machine software) or you can use the CD directly in the VM.
However running a virtual OS merely to test the browser seems a bit like overkill. As pointed out by @Nifle, you may want to look at the answers to this question.
Windows Xp Image For Virtualbox
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I read here on superuser.com that windows XP ISO files are not generally available for downloads from legitimate sources. What version of Windows can I use then, to mount as an ISO file with VirtualBox? And from where do i get it?
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Make your own image (*.iso) from physical media with any of a number of CD imaging tools. ImgBurn is a popular choice.
Also worth noting that an MSDN OS Subscription from Microsoft lets you download ISOs for pretty much every version of Windows they've ever shipped, including all variants of Windows XP, which are readily usable in VMs.
ckhanckhanWindows Vista SP1
Windows 7 SP1
Xcom 2 carry unit. Those contain official links from Microsoft's distributor DigitalRiver. Note that you'll still need a licence key to activate them, though.
You can also get a 90-day evaluation version of Windows 7 Enterprise from Technet:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/cc442495