Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Setting up a Virtual XP machine using Hyper-V: what if your XP CD is an Upgrade version?
I wanted to set up Win 98 on Hyper-V for Windows 10. But my first attempt failed, because my XP disk is an upgrade version, and merely inserting a Win-98 disk in the CD drive (as bidden by the XP installation screen) didn't work.
(Incidentally, I had problems using "Quick Create" in Hyper-V. "New" worked fine)
Here is how to do it:
Preparation
Create an ISO (eg using Imgburn) from your XP CD
Create a BIN (eg using Imgburn) from your Win 98 CD (needed if your XP CD is an UPGRADE one)
Converted the resultant Win-98 BIN to ISO using WinISO
Action
Now, create your VM using Hyper-V. Specify the XP ISO as the Operating System source.
When the WinXP installation on the VM asks you to insert Win 98 etc CD (to show that you qualify for upgrade version of XP), go to the Media tab in Hyper-V and point it to your Win-98 ISO file.
It should then install without problems.
(Incidentally, I had problems using "Quick Create" in Hyper-V. "New" worked fine)
Here is how to do it:
Preparation
Create an ISO (eg using Imgburn) from your XP CD
Create a BIN (eg using Imgburn) from your Win 98 CD (needed if your XP CD is an UPGRADE one)
Converted the resultant Win-98 BIN to ISO using WinISO
Action
Now, create your VM using Hyper-V. Specify the XP ISO as the Operating System source.
When the WinXP installation on the VM asks you to insert Win 98 etc CD (to show that you qualify for upgrade version of XP), go to the Media tab in Hyper-V and point it to your Win-98 ISO file.
It should then install without problems.
# posted by John Geddes @ 9:40 am 
