Hi, Everyone,
Thank you so much for your very helpful inputs. Yesterday I succeeded in running Windows XP via VirtualBox after reading the following paragrah in
www.virtualbox.org/Manual/UserManual.html, the well-written document suggested by TobiSGD. I happen to be using
VirtualBox version 4.1.12.
I was able to run all my Windows XP applications subsequently. Pesonally, I find it very helpful to have these Windows programs, purchased or written by myself, all saved on a single disk for safekeeping or re-installation.
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1.8. Running your virtual machine
To start a virtual machine, you have several options:
Double-click on its entry in the list within the Manager window or
select its entry in the list in the Manager window it and press the "Start" button at the top or
for virtual machines created with VirtualBox 4.0 or later, navigate to the "VirtualBox VMs" folder in your system user's home directory, find the subdirectory of the machine you want to start and double-click on the machine settings file (with a .vbox file extension).
This opens up a new window, and the virtual machine which you selected will boot up. Everything which would normally be seen on the virtual system's monitor is shown in the window, as can be seen with the image in Section 1.2, Some terminology.
In general, you can use the virtual machine much like you would use a real computer. There are couple of points worth mentioning however.
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Julianvb
