While my HP with Virtualbox installed came pre loaded w/o disk I do have a legal XP disk for a machine that crashed.
My question is if I create an ISO image of this disk XP pro purchased will VB or windows allow this option. The OEM on the HP is XP pro as well
XP guest without disk OEM
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Re: XP guest without disk OEM
Most pre-installed OEM versions allow you to create a safety reinstall CD from a recovery partition. If you've removed this then your options are limited.
As to a separate previously purchased copy of XP Pro, technically there is nothing to stop copying this to an ISO media (or even just using the physical CD/DVD) and using this to install a clean VM copy. You will need to go through the activation process with MS of course.
As to the legal / commercial issues in doing this, these have been discussed previously in many topics.
//TerryE - a 57 year-old
As to a separate previously purchased copy of XP Pro, technically there is nothing to stop copying this to an ISO media (or even just using the physical CD/DVD) and using this to install a clean VM copy. You will need to go through the activation process with MS of course.
As to the legal / commercial issues in doing this, these have been discussed previously in many topics.
//TerryE - a 57 year-old
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