Install WinXP inside VM(UTM) just to burn WinXP ISO correctly to install on real PC

Posted by deulamco@reddit | retrobattlestations | View on Reddit | 33 comments

It's funny how much troubles I have been through just to find this only way to make that work properly without any actual Windows machines around.

As I only use macOS + Arch/Linux, and they have almost none software to do this correctly.

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sidusnare@reddit

What? Just burn the ISO? I've done this plenty from Linux.

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DarthRevanG4@reddit

I literally use macOS to burn all my discs. You can do it in Finder natively, or use Burn

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algaefied_creek@reddit

dd doesn’t always work with windows isos

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algaefied_creek@reddit

Holy crap my brain refused to see CD and just interpreted it into “USB”.

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kpmgeek@reddit

I think people are just assuming cd when the op actually means usb because they used the term "burn" and XP doesn't natively support usb booting without modification.

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Narcotras@reddit

You can't tell me what to do!

Edit: I shouldn't have done that

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DaftPump@reddit

Can you expand on how this util can burn win ISOs when dd cannot? Thanks.

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You can’t burn CDs with dd because a CD burner is not a regular block device. You have to send it special commands to read the media type, calibrate the laser, open a session, write out the data and then close the session.

cdrecord (or wodim) is the tool for the job.

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algaefied_creek@reddit

Would you describe those as dd orchestrators based on the comment?

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DaftPump@reddit

Makes sense. I've never tried dd with such media. Thanks.

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kY2iB3yH0mN8wI2h@reddit

Did write to a cdrom lol Thanks

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sidusnare@reddit

I've never used dd with a burner, no idea how you make that work, so no idea what's different. Of you want to burn an ISO, its cdrecord.

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MrKrueger666@reddit

https://alternativeto.net/software/cdburnerxp/?license=free&platform=linux

Enough choice in CD/DVD burner software for Linux

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deulamco@reddit (OP)

None of those will work :

- Woeusb ( burn directly )

- Ventoy + any windows ISO ( 0x7B error during setup )

- Ventoy + FreeDOS + local setup on HDD Partition ( even w/ lbacache, nah )

- WinSetupFromUSB / Wine ( won't recognize drives )

- UNEBootIN / Mac

- Rufus / Wine

- BalanaEtcher / Mac

- Raw dd / Linux+Mac ( won't work )

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crozone@reddit

The humble ImgBurn:

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GritsNGreens@reddit

Yup I use it often on Windows 11, works great (sound on for the full effect)

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Nogeko@reddit

I just burners windows XP today with Imgburn, you were using incorrect software, but it can happen so take this as a learning experience

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kpmgeek@reddit

Are you trying to make a usb drive or burn a cd?

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Crashman09@reddit

I have a bunch of windows installers on ventoy without issues

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sidusnare@reddit

None of those are for burning an ISO

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arf20__@reddit

Are you ragebaiting? None of those are for burning. They are for USB flash drives. You use wodim in cli or your desktop environment burn tool which all desktops should have (xfburn in xfce)

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SeriTools@reddit

it's kinda insane how literally nobody (you and every single other comment on this post) just didn't understand that OP meant to write the windows ISO to a USB stick.

from the space before : in OPs comments I guess they are french, so "burn" might be the word that is used for this process in french?

either way, i've had enough times where Ventoy didn't work for that (specifically for XP), and WinSetupFromUSB was the only consistently working tool, so OP did it right in my opinion

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sa547ph@reddit

Unless the PC can't boot USB thumbdrives, which is usually the case for PCs made before 2005 and therefore you burn a bootable ISO to an actual blank CD, in most cases you just image the XP installer onto the thumbdrive and the PC would read and boot it.

You could've asked for advice first on how best to make a bootable thumbdrive.

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Front_Skill_8252@reddit

Here's to never saying Die. 🍻

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deulamco@reddit (OP)

Details about what worked for me :

UTM + win-xp setup on MacOS :

https://mac.getutm.app/gallery/windows-xp

ISO used :

en_windows_xp_professional_sp3_Nov_2013_Incl_SATA_Drivers.iso

ISO actually burned to install :

https://zone94.com/software/0perating-systems/123-windows-xp-professional-sp3-x86-integral-edition

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