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Alternative way of converting physical disk to virtual
I have a hard disk (60 GB, about 20 used) with windows XP I want to convert to a VirtualBox hard drive. I followed the instructions in
[https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Migrate_Windows] but the process ...
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How to create vdi from existing (off line) partition?
I have an old hdd from my notebook that carries WindowsXP. I would like to run this WindowsXP installation under Virtual box under Windows7. I am able to connect the disk to my Windows7 via usb.
So ...
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Virtualbox, how to force a specific CPU to the guest
I have a XP guest in VirtualBox, windows 8 host. The guest shows the processor transparently same as the host (i5 2500k). However most of the installers don't recognize this processors and fail to ...
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mounting local filesystems --- failed
When I start guest OS which is Oracle Linux 5 running on Virtual Box 4.2, I am getting
mounting local filesystems --- failed
How can I resolve the issue?
Thanks
etc/fstab
/dev/VolGroup00/...
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Starting Guest OS slows down computer
I have virtual box 4.2.4 installed in Windows XP SP 3 and Oracle Linux is installed in Virtual box.
When I start linux on Virtual box, I have noticed that both my host and guest machines becomes ...
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VirtualBox - XP guest does not see multiple cores/multiple processors
Environment:
Host OS: Win7 Pro 64bit
Guest OS: WinXP 32bit
VirtualBox version: 4.1.4r74291
Processor: Intel Core i7 2630QM with virtualization enabled
The Problem:
I need the guest system to use ...
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How do I install a bootable partition for Virtualbox on OSX
I'm trying to install Virtualbox to run Windows XP on my OSX box. I used the supplied configuration wizard which asked some questions about a disk partition. I allocated a 10GB partition to Virtualbox ...
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"A disk read error occurred" when booting XP disk image in VirtualBox
I'm trying to boot an XP installation cloned into VirtualBox from a real drive. I'm getting the message
A disk read error occurred
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart
whenever* I try to boot the machine.
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How do I grant raw disk access to a USB disk for a non-administrator in Windows XP?
I want an account, which can not be in the Administrator group, to have direct access to \\.\PhysicalDrive1, which is an external USB disk. The disk may or may not contain partitions which is ...
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Changing system time in VirtualBox
I need to change the time on my VirtualBox winxp machine (I have an ubuntu host), but it automatically syncronizes with the host. I need different times on the machines because I'm developing ...
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How do I use VirtualBox to run XP off of a dual-boot drive in Ubuntu 10.04?
I recently upgraded to 10.04 and am pretty pleased. I have XP on the same drive, different partition. I would like to use VirtualBox to run XP while I am running Ubuntu. I've seen some directions for ...
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Need to create a disk image of a Win XP system and mount it inside a VirtualBox VM
I've got a Mac with VirtualBox installed and also a PC with Windows XP SP2. I want to make an image of the Win XP box and then mount that as a VM using VirtualBox on the Mac.
Can anyone suggest how ...
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Sun Virtualbox: Cannot Install Windows 95 or 98
I'm running XP and I've tried to install Windows 95 and 98 with the official CDs in Virtualbox. Both of them give the error:
FATAL: no bootable medium found! System Halted
I've mounted the CD ...
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Is there any Official (Free of charge) XP version for browser-compatibilty testing (like XP on USB)
A friend told me that Microsoft issued an XP version that works on USB. It's minified and already has a browser included.
In fact I doubted that!, Because he told me that it was Free of Charge and ...
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Virtualbox and Serial Port permissions
I have a Windows XP Pro SP3 host machine running a Windows XP Pro SP3 guest machine. The host machine has one serial port, COM1, that I need to use in the guest machine.
When I add the serial port to ...
