As mostly everyone has already stated, yes, you can build a VM from scratch and then load XP. To build the VM, you'll need to download one of the VMware products. Either Server or Workstation...
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As mostly everyone has already stated, yes, you can build a VM from scratch and then load XP. To build the VM, you'll need to download one of the VMware products. Either Server or Workstation. From there, you'll need to load it onto your existing computer, or another one that you have access too, and then configure the VM. Once that is done, you'll need to install XP, and do all of your guest configuration. Once you are done with the guest configuration, you can compress all the VM files and store it somewhere, in case of a disaster. You will, however, need to have another machine which is running a VMware product, to launch this VM. I know VMware gives their users a laptop/desktop, and then a VM on a DVD, which contains the build that can access their enterprise network, but they don't do any special customization to the laptops/desktops. -Jon- VMware Certified Professional