On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 07:12:34PM +0000, Christoph Schmees wrote: > Am 13.10.20 um 19:01 schrieb Chris Green: > > On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 03:41:47PM +0000, Christoph Schmees wrote: > >> Am 13.10.20 um 15:22 schrieb Chris Green: > >>> I have a dual-boot laptop which has a working Windows 10 partition on > >>> it, it's an EFI boot machine. > >>> > >>> I want to make a copy of the Windows 10 to use as a virtual machine on > >>> another machine. > >>> > >>> How does one do this? The laptop doesn't have VirtualBox installed on > >>> it and I don't particularly want to have to install VirtualBox just to > >>> do this. > >>> ... > >> > >> <https://html.duckduckgo.com/html?q=physical%20to%20virtual> > >> > > Er yes, that's sort of where I came from! There seem to be lots and > > lots of ways of doing it and most seem rather convoluted. > > > > I was hoping for a method that was specifically for VirtualBox and > > fairly recent. > > > > there is no "quick and dirty" easy way. I have done it several times using > <https://my.vmware.com/en/web/vmware/downloads/info/slug/infrastructure_operations_management/vmware_vcenter_converter_standalone/6_2_0>. > > You can then import the image in VBox. > There seems to exist a way without Vmware, but that doesn't sound easier > <https://www.linux.org/threads/physical-to-virtual-p2v-using-virtualbox.10928/>. > > And I haven't tried this one. > OK, thanks, I guess I'll have to take a deep breath and try one of these methods. I'll only have wasted some time if it doesn't work and, just at the moment, I have lots of spare time to waste! :-)
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