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Originally Posted by John

I would install XP in the host computer from a USB Stick. You probably have a USB stick already.

Originally Posted by twstd_reality

why not just install xp from a usb flash drive?

did a quick google search and this is what came up (not sure if it works):
http://www.vandomburg.net/installing...s-xp-from-usb/

Yes I have a USB stick, a 4GB one, but I dont have an exact XP cd that goes with my serials, so I was going to use XP Performance Edition.

I found that tutorial too, but it says this:

Users have reported strange happenings with custom XP distributions.

So that's a no-go.