Then, hit the folder with the green arrow. Under Hard disk, select Use an existing virtual hard disk file. Finally, you need to assign the virtual hard disk we extracted from the Windows XP Mode executable earlier.I would advise assigning a minimum of 512 MB (but you won't need more than 2048 MB).
Luckily, Windows XP is old and doesn't require buckets of RAM to run. Memory is a shared resource, meaning both the host (your PC) and the guest (the virtual machine) use it concurrently.
Assign the virtual machine some memory. Even so, double-check the Version is Windows XP (32-bit). If you include "XP" in the virtual machine name, the Version will automatically change to reflect that. Now, give your virtual machine a suitable name. At the bottom of the Create Virtual Machine window, select Expert Mode (if your window shows an option for Guided Mode, you're already using Expert Mode). We're going to install the Windows XP Mode virtual hard drive in VirtualBox. For example, using VirtualBox, you could try a Linux distro on Windows without installing it on your actual hardware. VirtualBox is a free virtual machine app that allows you to run different operating systems on your host machine. Install Windows XP Mode in a Virtual Machineīefore we completed the XP Mode virtual hard disk extraction, I asked you to download and install VirtualBox. The XP Mode package contains Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3.2. The system requires Microsoft Virtual PC software installed and hardware virtualization support from the processor. When you start a link to a program from the menu, the virtual operating system will automatically start up in invisible mode and the selected application. Since the program was created to facilitate the migration to Windows 7, some programs that consume a lot of resources and actively use the graphics adapter, such as 3D games, may not work.Īfter installing the programs in the virtual OS, links to them become available in Windows 7, Start menu→Windows Virtual PC→Windows XP Mode Applications. 
You can work with hard drives and CDs, use flash drives, install applications, work with files, use office software and much more. In Windows XP Mode, you can perform all the operations you might have performed on a normal system. This may be useful to solve compatibility problems if some important programs that have been running WinXP do not work in Windows 7. The program can be run as a regular application and run in a separate window. Windows XP Mode is a specially prepared distribution for Microsoft Virtual PC, allowing you to run a full version of Windows XP in Windows 7.
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