FATAL: No bootable medium found! System halted

Question

downloaded Windows XP SP3 ISO image from Microsoft.com here http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=25129 and I am using Oracle's VM VirtualBox to create a new VM. I load it using VM and select the media as the 545 MB .iso I just downloaded and I get "FATAL: No bootable medium found! System halted."

Help?

Solution

That CD only contains the SP3 update.
It is not a full Windows XP installation CD, and it is not bootable.

Comments

[test]

Ooooh, I see my mistake. Thank you. Where can I get the actual ISO?

[SeanC]

unless you have the original CD/license, an MSDN subcription, or windows 7 then it's not legally possible