In this video, I go over how to revive a dead Windows XP machine by turning it into a virtual machine. This process is possible if the hard drive from the PC still functions.

Video script: TBD

Timestamps:
0:00 – Introduction
0:45 – Hardware and Software required
1:44 – BIOS/UEFI Setting to turn on for Intel & AMD Systems
2:43 – Using Disk2VHD
4:19 – Using Starwind v2v Converter
5:29 – Organizing VM images into folders
5:52 – Creating a VMX file with VMware Workstation Player
8:00 – Adding boot delay line to VMX file: bios.bootdelay = 5000
8:28 – Mounting the VMDK image to VMware Workstation Player
9:18 – Process of temporarily removing the product activation using safe mode and entering OOBE command: rundll32.exe syssetup,SetupOobeBnk
11:07 – Installing VMWare Tools in virtual machine
13:16 – Limitation 1: VM will eventually need a product key
14:30 – Limitation 2: Possible File and/or Program Corruption
15:18 – Limitation 3: Possible Activation Issues for Programs
15:50 - Ending

Software:
-SysInternals Disk2VHD: [ Ссылка ]
-Starwind v2v Converter (have to sign-up for download): [ Ссылка ]
-VMware Workstation Player (Version 16 was used in the video, may have to create a free account to download software): [ Ссылка ]

Articles + Videos:
-How to enter BIOs and UEFI Modes: [ Ссылка ]
-Video of user performing Windows XP Phone product activation in 2022: [ Ссылка ]
-Where I found an ISO of Windows XP Home Edition: [ Ссылка ]
-Podcast where I first learned this was possible (Security Now Episode 669 starting around 1:26:04 in the video): [ Ссылка ]
-VMware Boot Screen Delay: [ Ссылка ].

We Always Thought the Future Would Be Kind of Fun by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. [ Ссылка ]
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