Re: Virtual Box & Windows -

On 22/03/11 22:22, Claude Jones wrote:

On Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 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


I think I'd try virtualization of your physical machine - I've done
that a lot to go to VMWare VMs, but there's a way to use VMWare free
tools to get to a VirtualBox VM - here's one site that explains the
process:

http://www.sysprobs.com/physical-virtual-virtualbox-virtualbox-p2v


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Claude Jones

Brunswick, MD, USA


Thanks Claude, I spent some time with that yesterday after
reading this but that page is pretty hard to follow. Poor
example images that are different than I see? I will have
another go at it and let you know if it works for me.

Bob
Zuni, VA.


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