Recovering WinXP system as Virtual Machine on Linux
Posted: 9. Jul 2009, 19:38
I am a total new comer to virtual box but to the best of my effort I have not seen this question answered this forum.
I ask a question that is already in the form please point me in the right direction.
Here is the situation:
Every machine I own runs some flavor of Linux, with the exception of one WinXP machine that I keep for the purposes of running Quick books. I because quickbooks does not run on Linux and my business is so dependent on it I will always have to have some sort of Windows environment. I was hoping to avoid Windows Vista and was limping along on my old WinXP machine waiting for Windows7.
Now the problem:
My mother board in the windows machine died. I don't want to go out and by a new machine at this time because It would be bundled with Vista, or I would have to pay to "UPGRADE" to winXP. I would like to wait until Win7 is released and I can buy a machine with win 7 or just buy a copy of Win7 and virtualize it on a Linux box. What I don't want to do is buy a copy of WinXP now and then 6 months later buy a copy of Win7.
Now My question:
I was able to take the hard drive out of my old WinXP machine and get it running in a USB case, such that I have the complete Win Operating system and all the supporting programs and data on a 300G USB hard drive. The WinXP is set up to run on an Dell Optiplex 270.
IS THERE A WAY TO USE THIS EXISTING OPERATING SYSTEM AS A VIRTUAL MACHINE WHEN THE USB DRIVE IS PLUGGED INTO A UBUNTU 9.04 MACHINE RUNNING VIRTUAL BOX? If so how?
Thanks for the help.
Chris
I ask a question that is already in the form please point me in the right direction.
Here is the situation:
Every machine I own runs some flavor of Linux, with the exception of one WinXP machine that I keep for the purposes of running Quick books. I because quickbooks does not run on Linux and my business is so dependent on it I will always have to have some sort of Windows environment. I was hoping to avoid Windows Vista and was limping along on my old WinXP machine waiting for Windows7.
Now the problem:
My mother board in the windows machine died. I don't want to go out and by a new machine at this time because It would be bundled with Vista, or I would have to pay to "UPGRADE" to winXP. I would like to wait until Win7 is released and I can buy a machine with win 7 or just buy a copy of Win7 and virtualize it on a Linux box. What I don't want to do is buy a copy of WinXP now and then 6 months later buy a copy of Win7.
Now My question:
I was able to take the hard drive out of my old WinXP machine and get it running in a USB case, such that I have the complete Win Operating system and all the supporting programs and data on a 300G USB hard drive. The WinXP is set up to run on an Dell Optiplex 270.
IS THERE A WAY TO USE THIS EXISTING OPERATING SYSTEM AS A VIRTUAL MACHINE WHEN THE USB DRIVE IS PLUGGED INTO A UBUNTU 9.04 MACHINE RUNNING VIRTUAL BOX? If so how?
Thanks for the help.
Chris
read the sticky thread in this subforum