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Do you need to have the Windows XP CD to install a VM?

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andyspeake
November 7, 2008, 9:40 PM UTC
MY laptop is XP and i'm wondering, to use a virtual machine on it do i have to have the XP cd?
andyspeake
November 8, 2008, 12:43 AM UTC
Doesn't matter, you do!! :)
loopwhole
August 9, 2011, 12:52 PM UTC
You can convert your existing Windows XP into a virtual File and then run that as a virtual machine. There is a converter out there but I am not sure of hand were it is but I believe VM Ware puts it out. The other thing is if you have a ISO image of an XP disk you can load the OS from the image via the VM interface. I use Sun Virtual Box, But I'm sure the others allow for the same. Hope this helps.