On 14/02/2013 15:20, John A. Wallace wrote:
converting hard disk to VM

It is my understanding that"we have the technology"the convert an OS installed ona PC's hard disk to a VM. Is there a handy link for doing so with VBox?I have an older laptop with the Windows XP system, which I would like to move so that I can slowly take out what I want beforediscardingitcompletely.

John A. Wallace

The pen is mightier than the sword, but only if you get in the first stroke.



The technology you speak of is termed as "p2v" (physical to virtual).

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Migrate_Windows

and

https://www.google.com/?q=p2v+virtualbox

Are reasonable starting points.

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