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Download VirtualBox (make sure to select the ' OS X hosts' -version!) here. Virtual Box will permit the installation of Windows XP (and byextension other Windows programs) to run 'within' the Mac OS X system(with very few limitations).Ģ. The one we'll use is Sun's open-source Virtual Box. Inorder to run a program like Windows XP on a Mac OS X machine ('programwithin a program') we need another program that's called a virtualmachine emulator. ISO-image will be copied over in a few minutes. drive letter) to the USB drive you plugged-in in Step 1(b) and also fill in the name of the install CD (you can retain the default Windows Installation CD name or type in a new one).

In the pop-up, make sure to type in the 'To:'-field the drive-path (i.e. Select the one that says ' Create image from CD'. When you right-click, you'll see two new sets of file-operationmenu options that hadn't been there before. drive letter) that your PC assigns to this USB thumbdrive.Ĭ) Put your Windows XP Installation CD into the same PC's CD/DVD-drive, open My Computer, then right-click the installation Windows XP Installation CD'sicon. No program shortcut, nor anythingelse will show up on your Desktop as the program has just been merelyintegrated into the Windows system.ī) Now plug-in your USB thumbdrive (min.1GB) into the same PC from Step 1(a). Upon completion of the install, It will appear as ifnothing happened, but don't worry. This unfortunately isn't a simple drag-and-drop operation, as copying the ISO image usually requires a special program, so here's what you do:Ī) Download ISOrecorder v.2 (free download here) andinstall to a PC. VirtualBox v.3.1.2 by Sun (open-source, free download here)ġ. ISOrecorder v.2 program (free download here)

Access to a Windows PC with CD-Rom and USB drive (preferrably running XP or higher) Windows XP Installation CD (must be an off-the-shelf, standalone version, not an OEM version that comes with for instance your Dell PC) 1GB, to hold Windows XP Installation CD ISO-image) But, there are a few workarounds required toinstall Windows XP/Vista/7 on our disc driveless Mini Hackbooks. There is a solution, and that is to use Sun's open-source (free)Virtual Box emulator. But,emulators run between $80-100, and that sort of defeats the economic- raison d'etre of the Mini Hackbook project.

Many Mac users have for years successfully used virtualmachine emulators like Parallels and/or VMware to run versions ofWindows, Linux, and Solaris operating systems on their Macs. You're OS X-equipped Mini Hackbook is nodifferent. You may or may not be aware that you can run Windows XP on almost anyIntel-equipped Mac. If you're a former Windows user likeme, or even just have certain Windows-only programs that you need tooccasionally run, but don't like the idea of carrying around a secondlaptop or computer, then you're in luck!

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