**Please Help** Upgrade WinXP 32 bit vers. to Win7 64 bit

[loukingjr]

not sure what you mean by "convert" but you can move a .vdi to a different controller. I don't remember if XP supports SATA but Windows 7 and up do.

Ah. I want my controller to be SATA versus IDE. I have managed to get Win7 Pro 64 bit. I'll post details later.

Can I change my controller to SATA versus IDE?

You really need to start reading the manual. But yes, just detach the .vdi from IDE and attach it to SATA.

[mpack]

XP does not support SATA with native drivers, but it's possible to install the Intel drivers. I'm not sure why you would bother though. The difference in a VM will be marginal - the performance of the host dominates the equation. The biggest benefit would be that you can attach more than 4 drives.

[vbsandiego]

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VBoxManage clonehd  <uuid|inutfile> <uuid|outputfile>
                    [--format VDI|VMDK|VHD|RAW|<other>]
                    [--variant Standard,Fixed,Split2G,Stream,ESX]
                    [--existing]

But it may be easier to use Dons CloneVDI Tool
The only thing is you would need to install Wine on the host since it is a Windows program

Hmmm.. Ok.

Yeah, I tried the command line and it was complaining, but now I see this:

VBoxManage clonehd Windows\ XP.vhd Windows\ XP.vdi --format vdi
0%...
10%...

I think it finished:

10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%
Clone hard disk created in format 'vdi'. UUID: 08f464cb-6ae9-4500-9598-fb352544d368