Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Get official Windows XP virtual machine for Hyper-V


There are many unofficial Windows XP ISO file in numerous of websites. So to create a Windows XP virtual machine, one has to download that ISO and make that virtual hard disk manually. Is there a way to get a pre-build official Windows XP virtual machine from official Microsoft website?


Answer




  1. Download a Windows XP Mode executable file from Microsoft's Windows XP Mode site.


  2. Open the folder containing the executable file (e.g. WindowsXPMode_en-us.exe). Don't install it. Unzip that exe file with 7ZIP by dragging and dropping it into the 7ZIP window. Open Sources folder in 7ZIP window, extract xpm file.



2_Windows XP Mode executable



  1. Use 7ZIP to open the xpm file that you extracted in the previous step. Scroll down; select and extract the file named VirtualXPVHD.


3_xpm file



  1. Add the .VHD extension to that file name (e.g. VirtualXP.VHD) by using F2 key.


4_VHD rename



  1. Open Hyper-V, make a new VM, add that previous VHD file (see procedure). Then run that VM.


5_Running VM


It is advisable to use it after making a checkpoint in Hyper-V.


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