The first step towards the Virtual installation is to get an ISO image of this old operating system. As I mentioned above that it is free and avail by Microsoft itself officially along with License key. Thus, use this link which will open the page of Archive.
Just on the same page, the free but official professional key for the same will have been given. Copy that and jot down somewhere like NotePad. Here is the link to Download VBox. In case you already have the Vbox on your system then simply move to next. The installation of the VBox is like any other executable software meant for Windows nothing will be complicated at all.
Run VirtualBox and click on the New button given on the Menu of it. Now in the Name box, type- Windows XP and its corresponding options will automatically get setup. Then click on the Next button. To store the installation file we need to attach a Virtual Hard drive to our Virtual Machine.
The VirtualBox will automatically set it to 10GB which is enough. Thus, leave the default settings and click on the NEXT. Next , Select Dynamic allocated option. File allocation and Size: By default, the VirtualBox will save all file of the machine on C: drive, if you want to change click on the folder icon and select the place.
Finally, click on the Create button. Now, our XP Virtual Machine is ready, time to boot it up. For that select the created virtual machine from the left side of the VBox panel and click on the Start button given in the menu of the same. Even though converting your Windows XP system with vCenter Converter is a completely safe operation, you'll want to make sure that you have a full backup or a disk image of your Windows XP system before you start.
That way if something does go wrong, you can restore your Windows XP system and get right back to work. While it may sound like overkill, having an extra backup of your data will give you peace of mind.
Once you have backed up your Windows XP system, you can go to VMware's Products page and download the latest version 5. You can then download the latest version 4. Both the converter and the Player are free to use in a non commercial environment. Once the installation is complete, you can immediately launch vCenter Converter. While the conversion is under way, you can go to the Windows 8 system and install the VMware Player using its installation wizard, shown in Figure B. If you happen to have Client Hyper-V installed on your Windows 8 system, you'll need to disable it by opening an Administrator Command prompt and using the command:.
If you want to use Client Hyper-V in the future, you'll use the following command to re-enable it:. Once the Conversion wizard launches, you'll be prompted to specify the source for the virtual machine. From the Select source type drop-down menu, choose Powered-on machine. Then, select the This local machine radio button, as shown in Figure D.
To continue, click the Next button. On the next screen, you'll specify the destination for the virtual machine files, as shown in Figure E. Then, in the Name text box, provide a name for your virtual machine. Finally, click the Browse button adjacent to the Select a location for the virtual machine text box and specify a folder or drive, such as an external device or a network, on which to save the virtual machine files.
When you get to the options screen, you'll see a list of settings that the Conversion wizard will use to create your Windows XP virtual machine. If you see yellow exclamation icons next to any of the settings, you'll want to investigate. Otherwise, you can leave the majority of the settings in the default configuration. When I click Edit in the Devices section, the Conversion wizard indicates that the memory allocated for the virtual machine is less than what is in the actual physical machine, as shown in Figure G.
That's because the Conversion wizard assumes that the virtual machine will be running on the physical machine and purposely reduces the amount of memory so that both host and virtual machine can run on this particular system. In this case, my physical Windows XP system has 2GB of memory, so the Conversion wizard drops the amount of memory allocated to the virtual machine down to MB.
However, since I'll be running this virtual machine on my Windows 8 system, which has 8GB of memory, I'll adjust the memory back up to 2GB. You'll have to adjust your memory setting according to your system.
However, keep in mind that you can also adjust memory allocation in the VMware Player. When you select Advanced options, you'll see a warning message at the top of the screen, as shown in Figure I , which indicates Conversion wizard is unable to locate the Sysprep files. You can ignore that message because those files aren't needed for this type of conversion.
However, you should select the Post-conversion tab and then select the Install VMware Tools check box. Installing the VMware Tools will boost performance and add extra features to the virtual machine. For example, graphics performance will be improved, you'll be able to move the mouse between the virtual and host machines without special keystrokes, and copy and paste operations between virtual and host machines will be enabled. When you get to the Summary screen, shown in Figure J , you can look over all the settings that the conversion wizard will use to create you Windows XP virtual machine.
To begin the actual conversion, click Finish. As such, while the conversion operation is under way, you should go to your Windows 8 system and install the VMware Player. When the conversion operation is complete, you can transfer the virtual machine files to your Windows 8 system.
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