On Sat, Jun 07, 2008 at 03:48:14PM -0500, Jerry K wrote: > Is it possible to take an existing disk, with win xp installed, and turn > that drive into a .iso image, or something similar, then use that > existing image with VirtualBox. > > I have looked around at the FAQ and mailing list archives, and I see > stuff that suggest that this might be possible, but I have yet to find > anything definitive.
If you can use linux and can make an image of the source disk using dd, then it should be possible to: -- create a size-compatible virtual disk for a virtual machine; -- boot that machine using a live linux CD; -- copy the disk image onto the virtual disk, using the dd from the live linux. The question remains whether Windows would agree to boot in the new environment, given the license enforcements and how disk-layout-picky it is. However, with slight modifications this is also a way to enlarge a (Windows) virtual disk partition using gparted. Mihai _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
