create a boot-able disk from an iso file

[Boggess Rod]

>> no reason to go with 64 bit with less than 4 Gb of RAM.
>>
>> the second decision was that she still wants to access Windows
>occasionally.
>> ? ( I can't blame her for her apprehensions, it's a big step to take
for
>> most people.) ?Wine is out of the question for the average computer
user.
>?I
>> considered dual boot but that would leave much of the HD as idle most
of
>the
>> time. ?She also would have troubles sharing data. ?That leaves the VM
>> running WinXP. ?She is proficient enough to handle most of the issues
of
>a
>> VM. ?The problem was that the virus badly corrupted the reinstall
>partition
>> that Dell puts on the HD. ?They also do not give a physical reinstall
>disk.
>> ?Unless someone knows of a legal way to get a reinstall image for use
in
>the
>> VM i'm forced to go pirate even though I don't like it.
>>
>> Bill Stanley
>>
>
>Since some messages were inadvertently sent directly to the OP instead
>of the list, I'm re-posting then for easier understanding.	

The install isn't what makes it illegal -- the lack of a unique license
is. These are probably recoverable from the registry, unfortunately, MS
started encrypting them, so the only way I know to get them is by
running one of several tools (Google is your friend) on the machine in
question. If you can still boot into it, you should try and recover
those licenses.

Also, if you have got the system de-loused, there are tools out there
that will create a VM from the system directly. (I'm guilty, but you
really should make a copy or clone of a system before running anti-virus
just in case it goes badly.) If you can get the license information (it
should also be on a sticker on the laptop somewhere), you might be able
to get some trial XP ISOs from Microsoft or from other places, and just
register the license with the existing code.