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Rolf Fankhauser wrote:Maybe it would be easier to reformat the usb harddisk with ntfs and dd the whole disk.

yes!

If the live linux will recognize the ntfs disk it should be no problem, shouldn't it?

the new ntfs-3g will support all ntfs operations, the old linux ntfs was read-only. Any recent distribution or live-CD will do, give it a try.

Yup that is the sequence of commands I meant.

Adding them should be possible with something like:
copy f:file1 /b + f:file2 /b out.raw /b
( /b ) means binary not text.
And yes you could use cygwin as well (which is not linux)
cat /cygdrive/f/file1 /cygdrive/f/file2 ... > out.raw

then after that:
VBoxManage convertfromraw out.raw newname.vdi --format VDI --variant Standard

Should do the trick.

Ok, I created the virtual harddisk as explained but I get the following error when I try to boot the vm:
A disk read error occurred.
Insert a system diskette and restart the system.

When I boot with Knoppix Live-CD I can see all partitions and all files. All seems to be ok. I tried it also with a BartPE-CD and can access the drives c, d, e,f and g without problems.

I think I give it up! I have already spend so many hours to get this system working....

Thank you all for your hints and help!!

Fyi. I got NT to install perfectly via a working w95, after NT workstation I installed NT server via NT workstation, also perfectly working.

vbox4me2 wrote:Fyi. I got NT to install perfectly via a working w95, after NT workstation I installed NT server via NT workstation, also perfectly working.

I don't want a new installation of NT (see my earlier posts). I want to virtualize an existing NT installation. But I don't understand what you have exactly done. What do you mean with 'via a working w95'? w95 as host and NT as guest system?

No, start install from a running w95 Guest, etc.
p2v conversion of NT is easier then later versions.

Sorry, but I still don't understand what you mean. So, you have a w95 as vm and install Windows NT over it? Or do you upgrade from w95 to Windows NT? How do you perform the p2v conversion?

I guess that I have problems to convert my NT installation to a vm because I have a domain account on it but no domain server available. In fact this shouldn't be a problem (the domain account works fine on my physical pc without a (physical) domain server).

Upgrade from w95 to NT which does nuke w95. You could use ntbackup to transfer P to an existing V, mostly I find it much easier to restore a P machine into an already running V, just don't overwrite system files.