Virtualbox 4 - One solution for Installing Windows XP

This post refers to running Windows XP in the virtualization program Virtualbox 4 on OS X.6 (snow leopard).
This is a tip for those having difficulty in installing Windows XP from a CD/DVD in Virtualbox 4 which was released early 2011. This method uses a disc image file to load the OS when you cannot recognize the installation CD/DVD. This could be applied to installing other OS systems in Virtualbox 4 but I have only tested WinXP.
Once you download Virtualbox 4 and install the program, you will need install Windows XP (or whatever OS you choose). If you are having difficulty in installing the operating system from a CD/DVD drive, do the following:
1) shut down Virtualbox
2) open up "Disk Utility" (Applications->Utilities->Disk Utility or Finder->Go->Utilities->Disk Utility)
3) In the left hand panel find the drive with the OS DVD/CD and click it once to select
4) now on the top menu bar click the "New Image" icon
5) enter a file name for the image file or leave as is. In the "image format" pulldown bar select DVD/CD master, then hit enter
6) the new image file should save as a .cdr file (similar to a .iso file)
7) Open up Vitrtualbox select the partition where you want to install the OS, double click and select the .cdr file that you created.
Note: You may have to delete the partition and create it again if you had tried to install the OS from the CD/DVD and failed the first time.

TYVM
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Tornado7 wrote:
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Hi,
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