On 05/24/2010 09:10 AM, Richard Shaw wrote: > On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Paul Richards<[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I have installed Windows 7 twice on my Mac. Once is a physical >> install (Boot Camp) and the other is a virtual install (VirtualBox). >> >> When I switch between the two I find that Windows 7 prompts me to >> reactivate. I am wary of how many times I can do this, and for now I >> am restricting myself to use only one. >> >> >> I see that VMware Fusion has a solution to this: >> http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1003426 >> >> Does a similar solution exist for VirtualBox? >> > I'm not sure about that but I got around it in XP by booting natively > and virtually using the same partition managed through hardware > profiles. I would assume Windows 7 would have that ability as well. > You have to setup a raw disk vmdk file[1], which is basically a small > .vmdk file that references the real disk partition. > > Richard > > I had tried that in the past. It did indeed prompt me for activation. I suspect it is because it see different hardware when running on VM than when running on RM (real machine).
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