how to put local partycion into vb?

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sabbath88
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how to put local partycion into vb?

Post by sabbath88 »

hi all.
i have laptop, and i would like to create a image (i dont know how to exactly call it) of his C: drive and then put this image into VB at PC. Is it possible to do? If yes, then how?
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Re: how to put local partycion into vb?

Post by mpack »

Yes, it's possible. The process is usually called a migration, and in your case you are talking about a "physical to virtual" (P2V) migration. Try a google search with those terms, using site: forums.virtualbox.org. You need to image the entire laptop hard disk btw, not just a partition.
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