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Hi, I'm using Virtual Box to run Windows XP on Windows 7. However, when I booted the ISO, if left me with a console thats seems to be DOS or some similar language (It's command prefix is 2.0 Shell>). What do I do to run the Windows XP desktop? Please reply ASAP!
Will I have to do this everytime I boot, because my company isn't the most "Technologically Aware" group...

Thanks In Advance,
LaffyFX

That clearly isn't an XP setup CD (ISO). Sounds more like WinPE. You'll need a proper legal XP setup CD (or ISO of same) in order to install XP from scratch.

I downloaded it from Microsoft (First link that comes up if you Google "Windows XP ISO"). I thought it would work because it was from Microsoft. Am I wrong, is there anywhere I can download the correct ISO? (Even for money)?

Thanks,
LaffyFX

Microsoft isn't known for giving operating systems away for free, especially ones they no longer wish to promote. At best what you have is a time limited demo, but not of XP. What is the download link?

It's the service pack 3 .iso.

you can still get a 30day trial of XP from https://www.modern.ie/en-us/virtualization-tools. I'm not sure if Microsoft will still activate it however.

The SP3 ISO isn't bootable, AFAIK. It wouldn't get the reported symptoms.

well that's the first link that is listed doing a Google search as the OP mentioned and it is from Microsoft's site.

The OP may mean this screen which you get if you enable EFI. Otherwise it gives the "no bootable media..." error as one would expect.

Yep, the same thought occurred to me when I saw mention of the EFI shell in another thread. Which would mean that the OP enabled the EFI boot mode for an XP guest - not recommended.

I'm starting to think users just enable and disable features at random.

Hi, thanks for your replies! It was the EFI shell image as was displayed above, however, I have gotten it working! I had initially enabled EFI Mode for this operating system solely because it was the recommended solution on another site, and at the time if it wasn't in that mode, I got absolutely nothing, even if I let it load for hours. Thanks again for your help, and I also found away to enable XP through the Registry Editor.

Thanks Again,
LaffyFX