I need to go back to XP, Vista in VM Fusion.  How can I do this without deleting my VM?

Hi guys,.

I also made the mistake of upgrading my XP VM to Vista and now want to go back to XP. I need to keep my shared file, due to its size and don't have backup media to cover, so I would just rebuild my current VM with XP. When I put in the XP CD, the installation of the software option is grayed out. The documentation says that I can reboot from the CD to get a new installation of windows.

So, how can I get my Mac/VM guest, to boot from the XP CD during the reboot of the guest?

Or y at - it another way to get XP on my virtual machine without blow away my VM?

Thank you

Greg

Unfortunately, for reasons not inherent in the merger at all, you can not downgrade from Vista or Win 7 to XP.

You can install Win XP in a Virtual Machine, and then simply copy your data on.  Nothing wrong with having the operation of multiple virtual machines at the same time.

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