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Re:Free Windows XP-10 VirtualBox/Parallels Images from Micro... by mkj on Tuesday March 01, 2016 @01:58AM (#11201172)
They used to have a series of separate <2GB zipfiles. That was a hassle, I emailed them asking for a single file. Pretty sure they resume.

I guess a torrent might be tricky if they want to keep a "no redistribution" licensing clause.

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Re:Free Windows XP-10 VirtualBox/Parallels Images from Micro... by ojii on Tuesday March 01, 2016 @04:01AM (#11201572)
I know the chances of MSFT distributing these as torrents is basically zero due to their legal department, but it feels like this would be an ideal candidate (from a technical standpoint) for a torrent. Would also mean that if I download it, if our clients are set up correctly, my coworkers can download it faster by loading it from me than the internet.
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