Once done, you’ll see the new VM in your VirtualBox Manager. This is the same image that was available for download from modern.ie before Microsoft removed it from their servers. 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). The following screenshot illustrates the process: vmdk) containing a Windows XP installation with Internet Explorer 6. Click Next and Enter the virtual machine name and type, clicking next again.

The important part is that when it comes to creating a new Hard Disk, instead of creating a new virtual drive, we’ll use the VHD file we have created using Disk2vhd. The next step is to open Oracle VM Virtual Box manager and create a new Windows machine (in my case it was Windows 7). Start VM and when it asks to select the Host Drive, th.

Select Windows XP (32-bit) and use defualt settings for the virtual machine. Launch the Virtualbox application on your computer, and start creating a new virtual machine. Once done, you’ll see VHD file created on your hard drive: Download the Windows XP ISO image file from the download section. Select the path where VHD file will be saved.Make sure you don’t check ‘use Vhdx’, nor ‘Use Volume Shadow Copy’.Right click on disk2vhd.exe and run it as administrator. The next step is to use disk2vhd.exe to create VHD Image of a physical Windows machine. Once done, physical Windows computer can be opened as a virtual machine by using Oracle VM VirtualBox.ĭownload Disk2vhd from Windows Sysinternals, at following URL: or directly from this url: įirst, we need to login onto a physical Windows machine that we are planning to clone.ĭownload the Disk2vhd.zip, once it is downloaded and unzipped, you’ll see the following files: This image has been updated to IE 8.0 and already activated, which saves a lot of trouble. The following article covers the process of converting a physical Windows computer into a VirtualBox virtual machine image in 3 easy to follow steps. Windows XP pro (sp3) VDI file for Virtualboxno additional software includedGuest additions not installed (but must be added).

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