Windows XP

Be sure to read General Installation Instructions for All VMware Products and this section before installing this operating system.

You can install Windows XP Home Edition or Professional in a virtual machine using the corresponding Windows XP distribution CD. If your VMware product supports it, you can also install from a PXE server.

Fulfill these prerequisites before installing Windows XP:

•	Create and configure a new virtual machine

Consider these support and configuration issues for Windows XP:

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ESX, VMware Workstation, VMware ACE, and GSX Server: To use the virtual BusLogic SCSI adapter in a Windows XP virtual machine, you need a special SCSI driver available from the download section of the VMware Web site at www.vmware.com/download. Follow the instructions on the Web site to use the driver with a fresh installation of Windows XP.

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ESX and GSX Server: If you are using the virtual LSI Logic SCSI adapter in a Windows XP virtual machine, download the driver from the download center at the LSI Logic Web site. Go to http://www.lsi.com/cm/DownloadSearch.do?locale=EN and download the LSI20320-R SCSI adapter driver for your guest operating system.

The LSI Logic Web site also provides a guide for installing the drivers. Go to http://www.lsi.com/. Select Support & Downloads > Documentation. Enter the search term Fusion MPT to find the Fusion-MPT Device Management User Guide.

•	ESX: You can also use the vmscsi SCSI driver for the virtual BusLogic SCSI adapter provided on the floppy image that is included with the ESX software.

•	If you have a virtual machine with a SCSI virtual disk and an earlier Windows guest operating system and want to upgrade it to Windows XP, install the new SCSI driver before upgrading the operating system.

Installation Steps

1	Insert the installation CD in the CD-ROM drive.

2	Power on the virtual machine to start installing the guest operating system.

If you are using the virtual BusLogic SCSI driver downloaded from the VMware Web site or the LSI Logic SCSI driver downloaded from the LSI Logic Web site, you must take some special steps at this point in the installation process.

3	As the Windows XP installer loads, press the F6 key.

This allows you to select the additional SCSI driver required for installation.

4	Press S to specify the additional driver, and press Enter to continue with the setup.

5	Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical machine.

VMware Tools

Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system. For an overview of VMware Tools and for a listing of the manuals that contain instructions for installing VMware Tools in your guest, see knowledge base article 340 at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/340.