Comments on: 1 Free Program to Run Windows on your Mac

By: fleischmannfan

fleischmannfan — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:07:03 +0000

Hallo könnte mir jemmand sagen wie mann das downloadet ???

By: silverheart

silverheart — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:44:48 +0000

i have used both parallels and vmware fusion when i used mac Tiger. and i kinda liked parallels 4.0 for mac tiger. but when i updated to parallels 5.0, my graphics for my MMO ate their own face. i went back to parallels 4.0 after upgrading to snow leopard, and the speed is of a molasses quality. vmware fusion 3 also has graphics that eat themselves, so it’s out of the question too. let’s hope virtualbox, the new kid on the block, gives me an improved or at least laggy-but-playable gamespeed on my new copy of snow leopard.

from what i can tell here, virtualbox is easy to set up. good thing, too. vmware is kinda funky with its settings.

By: jake

jake — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:38:16 +0000

is says when its starts fatel no bootable found what is going on

By: Bachir El Khoury

Bachir El Khoury — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:05:55 +0000

@Judith: yes, you need to install the OS on the virtual host you just created.

@Hirmuli: of course you still need to install the OS as it is not included in VirtualBox.

@jo21: oui tu dois installer Windows system juste apres que tu as cree ton virtual host. Insert your XP CD, puis click “Start” in the virtual box window. Then the virtual box will start just like any computer, picks up the bootable XP(or whatever) windows installation CD, et puis XP s’instale normalement come si c’etait un PC under DOS.

good luck, worked for me!

By: hassan

hassan — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:05:42 +0000

fine program

By: Judith

Judith — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:16:15 +0000

I’ve just downloaded Sun VirtualBox, or at least I think I have. I’m now getting the error message and can’t find anywhere to correct this. Do I need to install a Windows XP disk?

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:45:17 +0000

Can you load a older version of windows then upgrade, i.e. windows ME then upgrade to XP>

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By: jo21

jo21 — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:03:19 +0000

“Vous puissance alors sur votre machine virtuelle et elle utilisera le CD d’installation dans votre lecteur (ou une image disque de votre choix) pour installer le système d’exploitation invité. It will run through the entire installation process, as if you were installing it on a physical machine, prompting you for your product key and your time zone etc. Elle se déroulera à travers le processus d’installation, comme si vous étiez l’installer sur une machine physique, en vous demandant votre clé de produit et votre fuseau horaire, etc

A word about the guest OS. Un mot sur le système d’exploitation invité. You must have your own copy of the OS you’re installing, and all the regular licensing rules apply. Vous devez avoir votre propre copie de l’OS que vous installez, et toutes les règles d’octroi de licences réguliers s’appliquent. If you install Windows on a virtual machine, it’s the same as installing it on a real computer and as you know, each copy of Windows is only allowed to be run on one computer. Si vous installez Windows sur une machine virtuelle, c’est la même chose que de l’installer sur un véritable ordinateur et comme vous le savez, chaque copie de Windows est seulement autorisé à être exécuté sur un ordinateur. Of course, there’s no problem if Linux is your guest operating system of choice. Bien sûr, il n’y a aucun problème si Linux est votre système d’exploitation invité de choix. It’s free. C’est gratuit. ”

Je ne comprend pas se bout … Es ce que ça veut dire qu l’on doit avoir un CD ou ya l’os windows dessus ? si oui quand doit on insérer ce CD ???

By: jonas Cuypers

jonas Cuypers — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:16:42 +0000

is it possible to use a 2nd partition in stead of a file?

By: Hirmuli

Hirmuli — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 18:30:40 +0000

Do i need to have a Windows XP CD to instal the Windows on the virtual or does it include the Windows XP in the program. So when iv installed the VirtualBox i can use Windows XP mediadly ??

By: Lord

Lord — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:51:14 +0000

For all those who have a problem with the following message:
no bootable media found, system halted

FOLLOW the instruction given on the link below.

http://blogs.sun.com/dfan/entry/installing_xp_on_mac_os

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By: KlintQ

KlintQ — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:36:33 +0000

Thank you very much for this walkthrough and link to the opensource. I had been looking for a long time to find something like this just to run a few windows apps on my mac. Thank you!

By: Gerardo

Gerardo — Sun, 31 May 2009 14:14:35 +0000

I have a problem, i really dont know what installation CD its taking about, i create the new virtual stuff, i launch it, and it takes me an installation wizard, like how do i want to isntall it, i dont know what to do lease help

By: willy

willy — Sat, 23 May 2009 00:42:52 +0000

saviour

By: Canad-Ian

Canad-Ian — Sun, 17 May 2009 22:31:51 +0000

Thanks so much for this. I was all ready to order the new version of VMWare Fusion when I came across your article. I’m now all set up and running Windows XP on my MacBook. Thanks again.

P.S. I found this on another site. It might help those who had the “No bootable medium found” error

“For those of you getting the “No bootable medium found. System Halted” error message, you need to close the window and click on your Windows XP virtual PC from the list and click on settings.

Go back to “CD/DVD-ROM” (under “Storage” in Settings) and check the box about enabling pass-through. This should fix your issue on a Mac.”

(from http://blogs.sun.com/dfan/entry/installing_xp_on_mac_os)

By: GSot96

GSot96 — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:35:19 +0000

All works great till windows is installed on my Mac. Then, i click Start. But then it says”Fatal:no bootable medium found!System halted” What can i do?

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By: Absterluv

Absterluv — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:28:28 +0000

Hi mine won’t work it just says Fatal: No bootable medium Found! System Halted! What do I do? Please Help!!!

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By: Miko Kuo

Miko Kuo — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:31:51 +0000

My kept saying -FATAL: NO BOOTABLE MEDIUM FOUND! SYSTEM HALTED! and i already tried Jason’s suggestion go back to the same folder, its there. I even tried to create one for vista, still says the same message, anyone can help????

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By: Jason Mayoff

Jason Mayoff — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:56:54 +0000

Well, it would seem to me one of at least two things. Either VirtualBox can’t find the .vdi file containing your virtual hard drive or that somehow it became corrupt. Is the .vdi file still available.

It’s stored by default in Users//Library/VirtualBox/HardDisks. See if it’s there. If not, maybe you put it somewhere else and VirtualBox isn’t sure where it is.

By: Eira

Eira — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:13:20 +0000

I`m in the same situation ¿did you find somethin to fix it?

By: Melissa

Melissa — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 01:25:17 +0000

Tried VirtualBox thanks to this article. Works great and I couldn’t be happier.

By: tips photo

tips photo — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 02:14:26 +0000

Thanks for the great article. It is great to know that there is a way to run Windows on a Mac. I will definitely be giving this a try.

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By: Tbo

Tbo — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 08:33:50 +0000

A.L I AM IN THE SAME EXACTED SITUATION AS U..THIS IS FUSTRATING ME I THINK I’VE DOWN EVERYTHING I’M SUPPOSED TO BUT I WAS GETTING THE SAME RESULT…IF ANYONE CAN HELP US GUYS IT WOULD BE REALLY APPRECIATED OR IF U FIGURE IT OUT A.L PLEASE LET KNOW HOW TO FIX THIS PROBLEM…