Get official Windows XP virtual machine for Hyper-V

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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?

score 48 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 22 '17 at 05:27

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

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

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

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

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

Links::

Windows XP in VirtualBox:: Download Windows XP for Free and Legally, Straight From Microsoft
Windows XP Mode_en-us:: https://download.microsoft.com/download/7/2/C/72C7BAB7-2F32-4530-878A-292C20E1845A/WindowsXPMode_en-us.exe
Windows XP Mode_N_en-us:: https://download.microsoft.com/download/7/2/C/72C7BAB7-2F32-4530-878A-292C20E1845A/WindowsXPMode_N_en-us.exe

edited Dec 22 '17 at 05:27

Christian Conti-Vock

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answered Jul 17 '17 at 15:58

Biswapriyo

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VirtualBox supports VHD so simply create a Windows XP 32-bit machine and plug-in the VHD in it at the step where you select the disk. – pronebird Jun 20 '18 at 07:13
I have no problem taking snapshots regardless the medium. – pronebird Jun 20 '18 at 08:55
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On VirtualBox "PCnet FAST III" network adapter has to be used. As browser for Windows XP, I suggest Firefox 52 ESR (supported until august 2018), because Internet Explorer 6 does not support TLS. – Francesco Frassinelli Jul 09 '18 at 12:49
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Links to XP image are no longer valid – Raynet Apr 27 '21 at 09:35
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Windows XP mode is still available for download from [the Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/windows-xp-mode_20200907). @Biswapriyo, could you please edit your answer to add this link? – ForNeVeR Jun 14 '21 at 16:58

Get official Windows XP virtual machine for Hyper-V

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