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Clone existing Windows machine into a VM?
Posted: 22. May 2009, 21:26
by topher18
I have an old system running XP that has a critical piece of legacy software which refuses to install on a new system. Is there any way to suck that old system into a VM that I could run in VB on the new system?
Chris
Re: Clone existing Windows machine into a VM?
Posted: 22. May 2009, 21:29
by vbox4me2
Read the FAQ and QuickClik FAQ.
Re: Clone existing Windows machine into a VM?
Posted: 23. May 2009, 15:53
by lkraemer
Well, I also had the same question! But, I did search the FAQ, and browsed through the manual, but missed
the section on "Using a raw host hard disk from a guest".
I couldn't find anything in the FAQ, and QuickClik FAQ (obviously it was a smoke screen and lesson on searching, which
I didn't really need) but more importantly I did search and find a couple of postings that guided me to what
I needed in the Manual. Viola! Without Smoke!
http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/UserMa ... ml#rawdisk
http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/UserMa ... #id2658170
http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/UserMa ... #id2658261
http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/UserMa ... ml#storage
http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/UserManual.html#vdis
Located in the Guest Systems -> Windows Guest
http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9697
Also
http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic. ... tion#p6780
lkraemer