[Solved] unable to install Windows XP from ISO image

[Pentester]

Hello,
I've downloaded virtualbox-4.3_4.3.4-91027~Debian~wheezy_i386.deb for Kali Linux and Intalled VirtualBox successfully, now I'm trying to install Windows XP as a guest machine booting from an ISO image, the ISO image i downloaded is 100% healthy and i've downloaded it from Microsoft's site,when creating the new machine I choose Windows XP named the machine Windows XP, choose 512 RAM,create a virtual hard drive now,VDI,Dynamiclly allocated,10 GB, then did Settings>System>diselected Floppy, and CD/DVD comes before hard disk, than I start the machine I choose the path to the WinXP.iso which is on /root/WinXP.iso , I start but I get this ERROR

[socratis]

I choose the path to the WinXP.iso which is on /root/WinXP.iso

The .iso path is a little bit suspicious. Why is it on /root/? Do you have read access to the iso, e.g. can you mount it in your host?

[Pentester]

I choose the path to the WinXP.iso which is on /root/WinXP.iso

The .iso path is a little bit suspicious. Why is it on /root/? Do you have read access to the iso, e.g. can you mount it in your host?

Hello,
actually I put the ISO file on /root folder and yes I can mount the ISO and it's 100% healthy I already tried to run the ISO from a different folder I mean from folder /root/Downloads/WinXP.iso but got same error

[michaln]

the ISO image i downloaded is 100% healthy and i've downloaded it from Microsoft's site

And the original filename and URL of the ISO was...?

[Pentester]

the ISO image i downloaded is 100% healthy and i've downloaded it from Microsoft's site

And the original filename and URL of the ISO was...?

http://www.microsoft.com/fr-fr/download ... x?id=25129
the ISO xpsp3_5512.080413-2113_fr_x86fre_spcd
Hashes of the ISO I have on my PC
MD5SUM: a8ddf6c077796f92b9e95158a7b72059 /home/WinXP.iso
SHA1SUM: 7e38c035d1d483b69b34683d286a5a7961d099ee /home/WinXP.iso
SHA256SUM: 8df72385064443afe82f56e26d0d936783ba5d9973e35c1fed8b46ac855e609b /home/WinXP.iso
SHA512SUM: 0d1dea820254d23e2f4db6df36249303845b0b09a1dce2555976066a908facb79adc5306f04191e4e89808331faf4ff6fc675be9f413819eec657f9d0c494f8b /home/WinXP.iso

[socratis]

This is Service Pack 3 for XP, an update for an existing XP installation, not an iso for a new installation.

[Pentester]

This is Service Pack 3 for XP, an update for an existing XP installation, not an iso for a new installation.

what? seriously? than why the extension is ISO?????

[mpack]

"ISO" just means it's an image of a data CD. You obviously think it means something else - it doesn't.

The extension "ISO" refers to the ISO-9660 (and derivative) filesystem used on optical data disks.

In this case, it's an image of a CD containing the XP service pack.

[socratis]

what? seriously? than why the extension is ISO?????

Read the related article on Wikipedia.

[Pentester]

"ISO" just means it's an image of a data CD. You obviously think it means something else - it doesn't.

The extension "ISO" refers to the ISO-9660 (and derivative) filesystem used on optical data disks.

In this case, it's an image of a CD containing the XP service pack.

Oh thank you very much I'm feeling sooooo stupid OMG sorry
Please close topic
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