Copy Windows XP from "XP Mode"?

Coojeekitten · 12 Apr 2020 at 19:02

On my old WIndows 7 computer I have XP Mode to run a couple accounting packages.

I've just built my new WIndows 10 pc & enabled Hyper V to install XP. However, after a recent house move, I can't find my XP disk. Is there a way that I can copy the XP mode from my old pc? If not, are there any sources to get XP these days?

edscdk · 12 Apr 2020 at 19:08

If you get stuck for source media pm me

Coojeekitten · 12 Apr 2020 at 19:15

edscdk said:
If you get stuck for source media pm me

Thanks, I may need to take you up on that. I also have several valid licences, back from the age of the Microsoft Action Pack subscription. Can't find them either. I'll check some boxes in the garage tomorrow.

Coojeekitten · 13 Apr 2020 at 13:19

edscdk said:
If you get stuck for source media pm me

I can't seem to start a pm with you, however I could do with a Windowsa XP ISO.

Mcnumpty2323 · 13 Apr 2020 at 13:29

Rufus usb tool can get isos for you and make a bootable usb from it
Yumi usb tool can too
Though not sure if it does xp iso as not needed one of those

bremen1874 · 13 Apr 2020 at 13:36

Have a look at the Sysinternals Disk2vhd utility.

Coojeekitten · 13 Apr 2020 at 14:26

I have the XP ISO thanks. Downloaded it from a site in India.

Just installed VMware & it's failed due to W10 credential guard. Awful trouble to turn it off, basically VMware isn't working. SO I'm probably back to trying to get HyperV working with my network card & printer. Nightmare from hell!

bremen1874 · 13 Apr 2020 at 14:29

What about VirtualBox?

edscdk · 13 Apr 2020 at 17:00

windowsreport.com/disable-credential-guard-windows-10/%3famp

This might well fix the credentials guard issue (it's just a feature you need to turn off)

Coojeekitten · 13 Apr 2020 at 18:05

Thank you both. I tried messing with the credential guard but couldn't get it to a state which allowed VMware to run. So I tried Virtualbox - & after some poking about, I now have it working perfectly. Nice copy & paste between windows, printing to a network printer now works, I was able to install my old software via a CD. It took my another 2 hours, but overall a happy bunny. I was able to get my XP licence key off my old laptop using Belmarc advisor. Overall, Virtualbox is now running in a state which looks very nice. Nice folder sharing options too & it runs in a separate IP address range too.

bremen1874 · 13 Apr 2020 at 18:13

Coojeekitten said:
it runs in a separate IP address range too

Is does by default. There are various networking options, including bridged that'll make them part of your main network.

Mcnumpty2323 · 13 Apr 2020 at 18:29

Now it's all working don't forget to make a backup image of it

Coojeekitten · 13 Apr 2020 at 18:38

bremen1874 said:
Is does by default. There are various networking options, including bridged that'll make them part of your main network.

Thanks, that's interesting, but I think I'll keep it hidden - it's XP!

Coojeekitten · 13 Apr 2020 at 18:41

Mcnumpty2323 said:
Now it's all working don't forget to make a backup image of it

Will do... is that the same as a snapshot?

Quartz · 13 Apr 2020 at 19:36

Coojeekitten said:
Just installed VMware & it's failed due to W10 credential guard.

Why aren't you using Hyper-V?

Mcnumpty2323 · 13 Apr 2020 at 20:12

Coojeekitten said:
Will do... is that the same as a snapshot?

I use macrium I find it better than the windows solution
It makes an image of the whole system
Depends on size of the image
And how fast your C drive and the drive storing the image is
But for a 40gb restore it takes me literally less than 3 minutes
That's with C and storage drives both mp510 960gb M2 drives
Another option if you have enough drives is to clone it to a second drive
Gives you a baseline Windows to boot to if needed even faster than restoring an image

bremen1874 · 13 Apr 2020 at 20:16

If you have it virtualised you just need to copy the file for the virtual drive.

Coojeekitten · 14 Apr 2020 at 07:31

Quartz said:
Why aren't you using Hyper-V?

I tried that first, I just couldn't set up the nic or printer. It's like Microsoft thought, lets integrate a VM & then make it so difficult to set up that the user has to employ an IT pro to do it. XP Mode in W7 was wonderful though. It just worked. Hyper-V doesn't just work., I also hated the Ctrl Shift back arrow thing to change mouse focus. Grr.

VMWare has been borked by Microsoft, probably on purpose. VMWare really need to provide a straight forward fix, not simply link to a complex Microsoft page with fixes which don't work. Virtualbox I tried last. It was a breeze & relatively easy to set up & run.

Coojeekitten · 14 Apr 2020 at 07:33

Mcnumpty2323 said:
Now it's all working don't forget to make a backup image of it

It's not a snapshot. A snapshot is different. I'm not entirely sure how I backup the Virtualbox VM?

Mcnumpty2323 · 14 Apr 2020 at 09:34

Coojeekitten said:
It's not a snapshot. A snapshot is different. I'm not entirely sure how I backup the Virtualbox VM?

Vdi is stored somewhere like
C:\Users\[username]\VirtualBox VMs
Think can also find them by opening virtual box
Then file/media manager
Then I just copy/paste them to another drive for storage
It may well be there's an automated backup option in virtual box I just haven't looked for one as only use it for playing around with stuff