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Moving win7-Pro to a Virtual Machine
Hi All,
I have a 2007 Acer laptop that I no longer use that has win7-Pro. I also have VMware Player running XP for some old software I still need to refer to from time to time. Given the continual exploits being found in XP, I'd like to create a VM using the now unused win7pro and transfer the XP programs that I need to a win7 VM.
I did not get a win CD with the laptop, it only has a recovery partition. is there some way I can create a VM from that laptop drive?
I tried doing an image of it and converting that to a VHD which kind of worked as I am able to mount it with my win8.1 laptop Drive Management, but the ability to use some programs is very limited. I tried installing VirtualBox to run the VHD, but it immediately trashed it and made it unreadable for win8.1. No real surprises there.
I also tried using the VMWare Converter on the VHD but that too failed.
Does anyone have some suggestions for re-purposing the win7 on my current laptop in a VM?
Thanks