Channel: The Science Elf

Category: Science & Technology

Tags: windows xpubuntutechnologymicrosoftwindowsboot flash drivecomputervirtualboxlinuxinstallationboot from usbtutorialwindows xp virtualbox tutorial

Description: Ever want to take Windows XP (or any version of Windows, really) with you wherever you go? Maybe you'd rather use XP than the OS installed on a public computer. Maybe you just want to prank your friends and watch as their computer boots into a 16 year old OS. Whatever the case, today I'm going to show you how to create a bootable flash drive that will launch Windows XP in a virtual machine on (almost) any computer you plug it into. Download Links: sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads ubuntu.com/download/desktop Commands: sudo apt-get install virtualbox vboxmanage startvm “Windows XP” --type GUI cd "C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox" vboxmanage clonehd [source file path] [destination path] --format RAW