On 26/07/12 14:52, Richard Vickery wrote:
On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 8:59 PM, Steven Stern <subscribed-lists@sterndata.com> wrote:
On 07/25/2012 09:01 PM, Matt Morgan wrote:
> I have Windows actually installed on a separate partition. Can I run it
> from inside Linux somehow? That is, without rebooting into Windows. I
> looked at VirtualBox and Virtual Machine Manager (I'm completely new to
> them) but it wasn't obvious that they could use a real installation of
> Windows.
>
> Thanks,
> Matt
>
>
I run XP in VirtualBox (from the Oracle repo) on my machine and it's
very happy with about 1.5G of memory.

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-- Steve


What is the thought of WINE? 


As far as I can tell you have to install windows inside VirtualBox or other Virtual system. As I understand it they don't pick up a previous install in another partition or hard drive.
That's my experience.
Roger