Virtual Machine Q:

asdfguy · 07-30-2007, 07:48 PM

I'm running Vista on one HD and I have XP on another. Obviously thier's problems with certain XP programs not running on Vista. Is thier a way to boot into Vista and run a VM using the HD that has XP and all of it's previously installed programs? TIA.

patrickv · 07-31-2007, 08:51 AM

Well you cant boot the hard drive itself as vm,but VMWARE allows you to export your physical OS (in your case is XP) in to VM
you have to have free hard drive space first, you need to boot XP,install vmware on it, CLONE it to VM

patrickv · 07-31-2007, 08:53 AM

EDIT : the program is called VMWARE CONVERTER

hope it helps

asdfguy · 07-31-2007, 12:44 PM

Yes, I think it will. I just got the programs to do it. I have VMWare Converter, VMWare Player & VMWare Workstation. I'm going to give it a shot as soon as I fix my MBR on Vista....hence the other thread

Thanks for your help.

asdfguy · 08-02-2007, 03:48 AM

thanks patrick, it took me a little bit but i got it. at first i thought i had to make an image and then use VMware converter to convert the image to a VM file, but no, it converts the HD as is. that and i had a bit of a problem since i have 6 HD's, the program got real picky with what HD it was going to let me use as a VM, i had to unplug them from the mobo before it would let me continue. but like i said, i got it, thanks for the help.

07-30-2007, 07:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
asdfguy Silver Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 151	Virtual Machine Q: I'm running Vista on one HD and I have XP on another. Obviously thier's problems with certain XP programs not running on Vista. Is thier a way to boot into Vista and run a VM using the HD that has XP and all of it's previously installed programs? TIA. __________________ AMD X2 64 4400+ ASUS A8N SLI e-GeForce 6800 GS 256MB 2 Gig Corsair XMS3200 Creative Audigy Antec 550 Truepower 2.0 Vista Ultimate

07-31-2007, 08:51 AM	#2 (permalink)
patrickv Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Soul Chamber Posts: 5,330	Well you cant boot the hard drive itself as vm,but VMWARE allows you to export your physical OS (in your case is XP) in to VM you have to have free hard drive space first, you need to boot XP,install vmware on it, CLONE it to VM __________________ Laptop: Thinkpad X60: Core2Duo T7200 @ 2Ghz,1GB DDR2,110GB SATA -winXP ProSP2 Work Desktop: Core Duo E2180 @ 2Ghz,1.5GB DDR2,240GB HD - XP PRO SP2 Home: Core Duo E2180 2Ghz,1.5GB DDR2,Nvidia GForce 6200TB,320 GB (2x160GB) -Dual boot - XP / OSX 10.5.2

07-31-2007, 08:53 AM	#3 (permalink)
patrickv Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Soul Chamber Posts: 5,330	EDIT : the program is called VMWARE CONVERTER hope it helps __________________ Laptop: Thinkpad X60: Core2Duo T7200 @ 2Ghz,1GB DDR2,110GB SATA -winXP ProSP2 Work Desktop: Core Duo E2180 @ 2Ghz,1.5GB DDR2,240GB HD - XP PRO SP2 Home: Core Duo E2180 2Ghz,1.5GB DDR2,Nvidia GForce 6200TB,320 GB (2x160GB) -Dual boot - XP / OSX 10.5.2

07-31-2007, 12:44 PM	#4 (permalink)
asdfguy Silver Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 151	Yes, I think it will. I just got the programs to do it. I have VMWare Converter, VMWare Player & VMWare Workstation. I'm going to give it a shot as soon as I fix my MBR on Vista....hence the other thread Thanks for your help. __________________ AMD X2 64 4400+ ASUS A8N SLI e-GeForce 6800 GS 256MB 2 Gig Corsair XMS3200 Creative Audigy Antec 550 Truepower 2.0 Vista Ultimate

08-02-2007, 03:48 AM	#5 (permalink)
asdfguy Silver Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 151	thanks patrick, it took me a little bit but i got it. at first i thought i had to make an image and then use VMware converter to convert the image to a VM file, but no, it converts the HD as is. that and i had a bit of a problem since i have 6 HD's, the program got real picky with what HD it was going to let me use as a VM, i had to unplug them from the mobo before it would let me continue. but like i said, i got it, thanks for the help. __________________ AMD X2 64 4400+ ASUS A8N SLI e-GeForce 6800 GS 256MB 2 Gig Corsair XMS3200 Creative Audigy Antec 550 Truepower 2.0 Vista Ultimate

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