Virtualizing from a physical disk connected to the host

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scottgus1
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Re: Virtualizing from a physical disk connected to the host

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I deleted your last post because you did not follow directions.

Please use "Post Reply" not "quote", as stated above the post you completely quoted.

Please try again with this in mind.
Krischu
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Re: Virtualizing from a physical disk connected to the host

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New attempt to post answer (without quoting):

I actually copied all partitions from bottom up. Don't know off memory what they were named, but it were all, despite of the target drive F:, which was the disk where the VHD(X) Files went.
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Re: Virtualizing from a physical disk connected to the host

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OK, with all partitions copied, you should at least have a base to work on, assuming the other things mentioned above are considered and taken care of (like the locked-to-BIOS question). You will need to web-search and experiment. P2V is common among all virtualizers, and the same principles apply when moving an already-installed OS from one physical PC to another. There is not much else Virtualbox can do.
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