Migrating/Converting VMware guest running Win to Virtualbox

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infinity005
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Migrating/Converting VMware guest running Win to Virtualbox

Post by infinity005 »

Has anyone done a complete writeup on how to migrate a vmware server guest running windows 2003 (I image XP is the same) to Virtualbox? I have a vmware guest that I can't boot. I just have the vmdk file. I can access the vmdk file in vbox, but getting it working and booting is not nearly as easy.

I was able to get it working by running Windows repair, but it de-installed a bunch of stuff from the VM in the process and left me with a mostly vanilla install of Windows 2003, which isn't what I wanted. I'm assuming there might be an alternate "repair" that may work better or a better process to do this.

This is really my biggest problem with vbox. There are a bunch of other nice to have things to make it a vmware server replacement, but this is the biggest problem.

Since I can mount a vmdk file in vbox, I image migrating a linux is very easy. Windows, not so easy!
infinity005
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Post by infinity005 »

And yes, I have reviewed this page.
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Migrate_Windows
stefan.becker
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Post by stefan.becker »

Make a clean new install.

That doent cost as much time as seraching for conversion errors.
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