WinXP VM setup using VirtualBox

Once VirtualBox has come up, Click on New

After filling that out click next.

You should be asked to allocate memory. 512MB is the minimum but if you have the RAM make it 1024MB.

Now we need to set up the Virtual Hard Disk. First, choose Use existing hard disk. Then click on the folder icon, pointed to by arrow 2.

You will want to Add a virtual disk.

Click on the computer icon and navigate to the location where ECN copied the virtual disk image(VDI) file. Select the VDI and click on the Open icon.

Click on Next

Finally, click on Finish

You need to change some settings for your VM. Click on Settings.

Select Display then set your video memory to 32MB (area 1)

You may also want to enable 2D and 3D acceleration (area 2).

Now select Network