MaPa Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Hello everyone. At this moment I have testing Windows 8 trial. I just wonder how to use vhd file with Windows XP in Windows 8. I know how to attach vhd file, but how to boot Windows XP when laptop starts. Now I have dual boot: Win7 and Win8. I want to add WinXP to boot menu. Can anyone tell me how to do it? Is it possible to do this? Sorry for my bad english, I'm still learning :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotenks98 Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 I don't think Windows XP can boot from vhd like 7 and 8 can. You can however run it inside of hyper-v as a virtual machine using vhd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MS Bob 11 Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Neosmart EasyBCD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_K Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Neosmart EasyBCD? Not sure if it can boot XP via a VHD but recommended to try it, I had it for multibooting W7, XP and Mac OSX and it worked great! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heyitsheather Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 XP can't boot from a VHD, you have to run it as a guest OS via a virtual machine app like 8's built in hyper-v feature, virtualbox or vmware. Or do a full install and dual boot it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaPa Posted November 6, 2012 Author Share Posted November 6, 2012 damn ... thx for the anwsers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon H Supervisor Posted November 6, 2012 Supervisor Share Posted November 6, 2012 yeah the booting directly from vhd file feature wasn't added until Windows 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MS Bob 11 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 LOL the boot feature depends on the boot loader and other components depending on the app. EasyBCD can easily boot an XP VHD or Linux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaPa Posted November 8, 2012 Author Share Posted November 8, 2012 thx man, i'll try it after work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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