Hi, I have one old notebook which is months from breaking apart. I'd like to save the working WinXP system I have there, so I'm thinking of creating a VM of the physical disk.
What would be the recommended procedure?. The last time I used disk imaging was around 2002 and the tool ATM was Powerquest Drive Image. I guess there are better tools nowadays that are either free or more compatible with Virtualbox?. Also, is there a way to make Virtualbox take a copy of the original system's BIOS flash and MIMIC that system in the VM, so for Windows XP's "activation" it would be the same system as the notebook? Is that even possible? I do not want to pirate, I just want to continue using that WinXP Home license I have already activated in the notebook, decomission it, and keep using the software. I remember that at one point I upgraded the BIOS from the original eMachines one to the latest which changed the brand name to Gateway (as Gateway bought emachines) and the activation dialog came up and I had to phone MSFT to "re-activate" it (which they did, but told me they could do that only once). Thoughts? comments? FC -- Dream of the Daily Mail It is the Holy Grail And then the BBC Your life would be complete -Manic Street Preachers, "Royal Correspondent" _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
