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How to install Windows XP i386 on QEMU with EmuGUI

Windows XP has been developed by Microsoft under the codename "Whistler" and released on October 25th, 2001. Although it's EOL since 2014, a few people still use it as their daily driver (not recommended). This is why we just have to do this!

Windows XP Home Edition SP3 running on QEMU. (Nicolas Lucien)

Video version

Made by lucien-rowan (aka Nicolas Lucien). (C) 2022 lucien-rowan. All rights reserved.
Link: https://youtu.be/Nh3jyKnKxlo

Prerequsites

Before you can install Windows XP, you must meet the following requirements:

You must have EmuGUI and QEMU installed. If you haven't, the link is here.
You must have a Windows XP ISO file. I won't show you how to get one for legal reasons.

Creating the VM

Now, let's create a virtual machine. With EmuGUI opened, click on "New Virtual Machine" and choose the following:

Name: (your name here)
Architecture: "i386"
Machine: "Let QEMU decide"
CPU: "qemu64" or "host"
RAM: between 128 MB and 2 GB
VHD: QCOW2 format, 20 GB minimum
USB support
Additional arguments: "-accel tcg" (qemu64) or "-accel haxm" or "-accel whpx" (host)

Installing Windows

Now, everything should be fairly simple to get by yourself but here's the most important anyway.

CDROM: (your Windows XP ISO here)
Date & Time: Set to system
Boot from: d
File system: NTFS

Everything else should be pretty easy.