using the install data in the hidden partition to create a virtual machine

[Md Ashickur Rahman Noor]

You can try copy pest the data of your C drive in vbox. Then install any
linux distro in vbox to update grub. If windows work in vbox, then remove
the linux distro an try fix mbr. Its the simplest way I can imagine.

But if you can find the original iso then try to install it in vbox.
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On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 10:27 PM, Bill Stanley <bstanle at wowway.com> wrote:

> I dual boot on a Dell machine which originally had Windows installed.  I
> now am running Unbuntu but still have the original Win XP partition.  The
> machine I have is rather old but with upgrades is still running well.  This
> gets to my question.
>
> I want to run a VBox machine with the original Win-XP OS.  I never received
> any Win-XP installation disks but I know that Dell puts OS install data in a
> small hidden partition.  I can see that partition with Unbuntu Linux so I
> know it is there.  Also, Windows activation is not going to be a problem
> because this was a Win-XP version before M$ had their crazy activation
> scheme.  The fact that this will be a rather old OS is not an issue because
> I am going to use it for legacy stuff.  Is there any way to use this for
> making a virtual machine?  If it can be used, how do I do it?
>
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