Re: Convert Physical HDD to VHD
- From: Malke <notreally@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:53:06 -0700
Mike wrote:
No...I want to convert to .VHD so I can access it in VirtualPC.
"Bob I" <birelan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:uPaIDobZHHA.4720@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxAre you asking if you can image your hard drive for the possibility of a later restore? Sure you can, just google for "drive imaging".
Mike wrote:
Is is possible to convert my current XP installation to a VHD. This would be very nice to have after I do a clean install of Vista.
No. You need to create a virtual machine in VirtualPC and install your desired operating system. The hardware in a vm is emulated and has nothing to do with the actual hardware in your system. Even if you could somehow create a vhd out of your current XP OS, it would not boot because of the difference in (emulated) hardware.
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