Virtual Box & Windows -
Steven Stern
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Tue Mar 22 15:53:04 UTC 2011
On 03/22/2011 09:59 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
> I've installed "virtualbox" on this F-14 computer and it appears
> to be working, however now I need a copy of Windows to run in it
> in order to solve my other problem. I have several copies of
> WindowsXP Pro including the one that came with this computer but
> refuses to run unless that drive is plugged into the first slot.
>
> That problem occurs because initially I had a computer failure
> and elected to replace the computer and install the hard drives
> from the failed unit into the "new" one. The old one had a
> Windows partition that was selectable from grub and would
> operate normally if needed. Once the drives were swapped into
> this computer and Windows selected it would protest that perhaps
> I had a virus and refuse to boot. :-)
>
> The details go on and on but my question is would I have to buy
> a copy of Windows to use virtualbox or is there a way to make it
> use the original copy on the disk containing WindowsXP that came
> with this computer? If I swap data cables around Windows still
> boots. It is installed by itself on an 80 gig sata drive.
>
> Bob
>
>
> --
>
It seems you want to import an existing Windows partition, not install a
new copy of Windows from scratch. Installing is the easiest thing to do.
You can import an existing partition, but it looks to be ugly:
http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=1966
This looks promising:
http://www.labnol.org/software/create-virtual-machine-of-existing-computer/10510/
--
-- Steve
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