Migrating a Windows XP VMware VM to a VirtualBox one

I was used to run Windows XP in a VMware virtual machine (using VMware player), when I decided to run it in a VirtualBox one!

Thanks to Katsumi Inoue, I found out that the Enable IO APIC option should be checked.

While the virtual disk of my VMware machine is split into 2GB chunks, VirtualBox is able to handle it successfully. Windows XP is just booting! VirtualBox is so great!

Nevertheless, I’ve been facing a small networking issue… Windows not being able to start the network device.
This is due to the fact that the driver loaded for the PCnet-FAST III device is VMware Accelerated AMD PCnet Adapter.

To get the device working simply replace the device driver with the AMD one:

The issue is fixed Enjoy accessing the network from the converted VMware to Virtualbox virtual WinXP machine!

By the way… do not forget about installing the VirtualBox Guest Additions
The only thing I miss is the USB support as I’m using the OSE version…

This entry was posted on August 30th, 2008 at 10:15:29 am and is filed under Linux, Microsoft, Xen - Virtualisation.

11 comments

Comment from: someone [Visitor]

Thanks man!!!

11/25/08 @ 17:38

Comment from: Vincent Patrice [Visitor]

Thanks a lot, it works !!!

01/04/09 @ 21:22

Comment from: Conrad Fonseca [Visitor]

Thanx a lot!!!! I was really struggling with this...

01/26/09 @ 18:15

Comment from: dyoma [Visitor]

mega thxs! ebalso dolgo s etoy xernei! a tut na te, its so simple

02/17/09 @ 17:31

Comment from: Rich [Visitor]

Talk about getting exactly what I was looking for.

Great explanation and the screen shots made all the difference.

Cheers

04/22/09 @ 22:24

Comment from: Simon [Visitor]

Thanks a lot...very helpful

04/23/09 @ 13:09

Comment from: Josie [Visitor]

Thank you! I've been banging my head against this for a while (even went through and removed everything VMWare I could from the registry) without solving it. You solved my problem in an instant! /cheer!

05/27/09 @ 23:27

Comment from: Viet Le Quang [Visitor]

Dear Matthias,

Thanks for sharing the information. This resolved my networking problem!

Regards, Viet

08/16/09 @ 01:55

Comment from: Andy [Visitor]

Works like a charm! I've had so much trouble migrating from VMWare to VirtualBox - I think this is the last hurdle! And thanks to you, it was a small one...

09/22/09 @ 13:00

Comment from: Lahtag [Visitor]

Thanks a lot for sharing. You see you have posted this on 2008 and it still alive and useful.

Once again thanks

[[Mathias Chauvin]] - IT stuff

Migrating a Windows XP VMware VM to a VirtualBox one

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