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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2012-12-07 01:07, Doron Shikmoni
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 9:26 PM, David
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text="#000000"> This is somewhat off topic as it does
not directly address Linux but it does have some
relevance to free software.<br>
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I have an old hard disk which ran Windows XP. I would
like to turn that into something that I can run as a
virtualbox client. Does anyone know how I would go
about doing that?<br>
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Yep, that's the official way, you can also use the vmware migration
tool. Usually cloning -dd/ghosting, won't work without running a
migration tool on the OS beforehand. The 'whole thing' is called
P2V, so you can google if you get in trouble;-) <br>
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If you have only got the original HD, it's best to attach it to a
similar as possible motherboard to the original it was installed on,
and boot directly into safe mode(F8) -in order to run the migration
tool. I would have an extra copy of the HD before I start the game.<br>
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Good Luck!<br>
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