I have a question about Bootable Medium somthing

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BeilinXD
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I have a question about Bootable Medium somthing

Post by BeilinXD »

When i start my Virtualbox a message pops "Bootable Medium" or somthing like that.
I dont know where can i get a bootable CD!
Can somone help me?
I downloaded Windows XP.iso and it still wont work!

What to do?
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Re: I have a question about Bootable Medium somthing

Post by Perryg »

In the guest setting you need to select the CD/DVD-ROM and then put a check mark in the box ISO image FIle.
Then select the image from there by adding one to the media manager.
Then save and start the VM.
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Re: I have a question about Bootable Medium somthing

Post by Sasquatch »

Keep in mind that downloaded Windows images might not be bootable. If you really want to have something bootable, insert your own install disc of Windows or grab a Linux ISO.
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BeilinXD
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Re: I have a question about Bootable Medium somthing

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I am not really good with all of that "Burning" stuff so can someone please send me a bootable windows xp.iso?
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Re: I have a question about Bootable Medium somthing

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BeilinXD wrote:I am not really good with all of that "Burning" stuff so can someone please send me a bootable windows xp.iso?
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Re: I have a question about Bootable Medium somthing

Post by mpack »

BeilinXD wrote:I am not really good with all of that "Burning" stuff so can someone please send me a bootable windows xp.iso?
It is certainly easier (faster, quieter) to set up a VM from an ISO rather than from a CD, but there is no need for a download, as it's trivially easy to make an ISO image of your own XP install CD. Download the freeware tool "ImgBurn" which I like best for this job, it has a wizard for imaging the CD as an ISO.

Incidentally: using illegal downloaded XP images is asking for a world of hurt. My understanding is that these are usually rips of "Enterprise" licenses, and I know that MS has a list of many of these license keys.
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