Learn how to retrieve data from a Windows XP Mode VM on Windows 10/8, for Windows 7 users intending to move to Windows 10.

VMware's 3.0 version will allow a Linux "virtual machine" to run on Microsoft's Windows XP system, among other operating system twists.

Oracle VirtualBox gave Windows XP a second chance To bypass the modern hardware challenges, I turned to Oracle VM VirtualBox, a free and robust virtualization tool.

The virtualization leader says its free software can ease the migration from Windows XP to 7. But, like a product from rival Parallels, the approach raises licensing issues.

The video depicts a guest Virtual Machine running Windows XP launching the Cloudburst program which, when executed, jumps out of that VM and runs code on the host Windows Vista machine.