How to Load Windows XP on VirtualBox (Mac)

Open up Virtual Box from Applications. , Select New and enter the details of your machine., Press next and you can specify the amount of RAM you wish to allocate., From here you can choose not to have a virtual hard drive or to create one., Now you...

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Step-by-Step Guide

  1. Step 1: Open up Virtual Box from Applications.

    This example will install Windows
    7. , Check your minimum requirements of your OS.

    In this case 1GB should be enough, however it will slow down the performance on both your OS X and Windows 7, unless you have a good mac specification. , In this case I'm going to create a 'Virtual Hard Disk' Dynamically Allocated with 25GB. , Press start on the workstation to begin. , Now your workstation will install Windows and go through the OS setup.
  2. Step 2: Select New and enter the details of your machine.

  3. Step 3: Press next and you can specify the amount of RAM you wish to allocate.

  4. Step 4: From here you can choose not to have a virtual hard drive or to create one.

  5. Step 5: Now you should have a completed workstation.

  6. Step 6: Choose the location of the operating system on your Mac or disc which you are going to load it from.

Detailed Guide

This example will install Windows
7. , Check your minimum requirements of your OS.

In this case 1GB should be enough, however it will slow down the performance on both your OS X and Windows 7, unless you have a good mac specification. , In this case I'm going to create a 'Virtual Hard Disk' Dynamically Allocated with 25GB. , Press start on the workstation to begin. , Now your workstation will install Windows and go through the OS setup.

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