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On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 09:51, John E. Perry wrote:
> I have a laptop (hpdv6000) that's too old to have the Intel vt
> extensions, so I can't use Xen to virtualize directly my installed
> Windows XP.  But I'd really like to get away from the dual-boot
> situation so I can use both suse and xp easily.
>
> My problem is that virtualbox and vmware, from what I've read, require
> that I install xp under the virtualizer so it can modify the xp code to
> run under it.  But my laptop shipped with a "restore" disk, which starts
> restoration by wiping the hard drive and copying xp onto the
> single-partition disk.  I don't have an installable copy of xp for my
> laptop.
>
> Can anyone suggest a way around this problem?


If you have a valid Windows XP key with your restore disk you can
install from any (borrowed) copy of Windows XP (DVD or ISO).  Windows
ownership is tied to the key, not the install media.


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