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Hello everyone!

I keep getting the following error when I try to install Windows XP SP1 on Mac OS X 10.8.5 (MacBook Pro with built-in optical drive):

FATAL: No bootable medium found! System halted.

I am trying to install from a CD. It is not an original install CD, but I used this one in the past with VM on my old Macbook and had no issues installing it. I suspect there's just some setting that I'm missing, but I can't figure out what it is. I was originally asked to specify the drive to boot from whenever I started the XP machine, but after remounting the drive, I don't get this option anymore, it just goes straight to attempting to boot.

Settings are as follows:

Name: Windows XP
Type: Microsoft Windows
Version: Windows XP (64 bit)

Shared clipboard: disabled
Drag'n'drop: disabled
Removable media: Remember Runtime Changes
Mini Toolbar: Show in Fullscreen/Seamless

Base Memory: 256MB
Boot Order: CD/DVD; Hard Disk
Chipset: PIIX3
Pointing Device: USB Tablet
Extended Features: Enable I/O APIC

Video Memory: 128 MB
Monitor Count: 1
Extended Features: Enable 3D Acceleration; Enable 2D Video Acceleration

Controller: IDE
Name: IDE
Type: PIIX4
Use Host I/O Cache

Windows XP.vdi
Hard Disk: IDE Primary Master

Host Drive
CD/DVD Drive: IDE Secondary Master
Passthrough

Let me know if there is any other information I need to give.

Please keep in mind that I'm tech-competent, but not particularly tech-savvy with this type of thing, so brief explanations of any technical terms or jargon you use are appreciated (I'm the "push buttons until it works" type of person, so I don't always recognize the proper terms for things even if I do actually know what you're talking about).

Thank you in advance!

Normally that means you didn't attach the install CD to the guest. if you have, that could mean the CD is damaged, or dirty. Or it could mean your CD drive is dirty.

You could try burning the CD to an .iso or .dmg file and see if that will work.