Question About ISO Image
I recently downloaded Virtual PC and was attempting to install XP Pro onto a virtual drive. However, my XP pro cd is just an upgrade cd, so I went and found the only XP Home cd I had available (which was a Dell "reinstall" disk that came with a Dell PC I purchased years ago) so that I'd be able to actually use the upgrade CD. When I tried to use the Dell XP cd, the Virtual PC software was unable to recognize it for some reason. I guess my question is... Could I just create an ISO image using that Dell disk and use that as a work around? I'm guessing that it wouldn't except that disk because it wasn't an actual store-bought copy, but I could be wrong. Is the ISO image a viable solution, or am I completely going about this the wrong way?
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astorrs
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You can try it, the Dell disk may have something that checks the BIOS or whatever to confirm its a Dell system, or it may "just work". Give it a try, its only a VM - worst case you just delete it.