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Running Win XP inside Ubuntu 8.04 and vice versa

Asked by Ron

Hi,

Is there a way to run Win XP inside Ubuntu 8.04 without booting out and starting grub just to go to my legacy OS? Sometimes i need to access programs and files from Win XP but i have to get out from Ubuntu to do that. I dual boot Win XP and Ubuntu by the way. Is there any software (freeware please) that i can use to do this task? And can i do it also the other way around (running Ubuntu inside Win XP)?

Thanks a million for the help.

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Sharar Ravitz (jewfro-macabbi) said : 		#1

Yes, you can install windows in a virtual machine using virtualbox - then run it under Ubuntu - just like an application.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VirtualBox

I'm not sure about running virtual machines under Windows.

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Best Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) said : 		#2

Hello

These links might help you out:

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/virtualbox

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsXPUnderQemuHowTo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IZeJ5n_7z4&feature=related

Regards

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Ron (felicron) said : 		#3

Thanks Bhavani Shankar, that solved my question.