Thanks for your reply! But I think my problem is much more basic :)
I do not know how to install windows on vbox without an installation CD. When I bought the ThinkPad I also paid for Windows XP - but IBM didn't deliver an installation CD. I called the IBM service center and asked them to send me one - but the only thing they could tell me was, that they can't and that I could reinstall Windows from a Rescue-CD I could burn myself. I did so and got one single CD - but don't have any idea how to use it for installing Windows XP on VirtualBox... Or can I run VirtualBox using the installation on my HD? This would be the nicest solution :) Thanks, Dietrich Samuel Jones wrote: > I was able to just re-use the key for my existing installation with no > trouble. Still boot the real version occasionally, hasn't bugged me yet. > > On 2/26/07, * Dietrich Bollmann* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Hi, > > I own a x60s IBM ThinkPad with a dual boot installation of > - the original, resized windows XP installation and > - Linux (Debian etch) > > I would like to be able to run XP inside of VirtualBox > running under Debian without having to pay for yet another > Windows installation. > > Unfortunately IBM didn't deliver any installation CD for > MS Windows and all I have is the resized installed version > and probably (I hope so at least?) the XP recovery partition. > > Is there a way to copy / reinstall / "recover" XP into > VirtualBox? > > Thanks, Dietrich > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > vbox-users mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > vbox-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users > _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
