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Hello, I was trying to install Mac OS X, but now I want to actually install Windows XP.
I tried installing using the recommended settings.
when I booted it up I got FATAL: No bootable medium found! System halted.
How do I fix this?

Also, is it possible to send the files to a second harddrive?

What are you trying to install from? Is it a CD or an .iso file? Where is it?

CD, but I want to just use an external harddrive, is that possible?

Use external hard drive for what? XP setup comes on a CD (or an ISO image of same). It can of course (indeed, must) be installed on a hard drive. The host virtual disk image can be located on any host drive, but locating them on external drives is often a bad idea for performance and reliability reasons.

This will take forever if all we get is drips of information. Please provide the VM log file - see Minimum information needed for assistance.

I'm using the latest version. Just downloaded yesterday.
I am running on Windows 8.1, I think i'm using 32 bit

Random notes.

• Your host is Win 8.1 64bit. XP guests are nearly always 32bit - there was a 64bit release but it's very rare as there were few drivers available, and fewer apps that needed >4GB RAM).
• For beginners, I would not recommend anything beyond VirtualBox 4.3.12 until the hardening issues have been sorted out (track the release discussions if you want to know when that is). I notice that in your case that you have something called "TopLang Password Door" installed, which is injecting DLLs into the VirtualBox executable space, i.e. it is behaving like malware. VBox 4.3.18 will object to this.
• You have assigned 192MB to the guest. XP prefers something like 512MB, which your host can easily afford (you have 8GB installed, 4GB available). You should increase display RAM as well - you currently have 16MB, which is rather small. 48MB would be better.
• You have not yet installed the extension pack on the host. Without this you will be missing closed source features such as USB support.
• As far as I can tell you still have not installed an OS in the VM. You do not have a Windows Setup CD attached to the VM.