I was recently thinking about this and I was wondering IF it's even physically possible to do with virtualization software, but is it possible to run an operating system that is installed on a hard drive, say a laptop, and run it on top of a currently running system with the other one in a virtual type mode?
I only ask this because it would be nice to work on someone's hard drive while I'm in my OS.
Hi Coke Robot. I don't see how but you don't need to. If you have network access you can use remote desktop. See this tutorial. Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) - Network
The thing is with VMs is that you are running a copy of a system in a file. I guess that there may be a way to image a system and import it into a VM then you would have to find a way of getting it back onto the original system. I don't think it's a goer in any practical setup.
Sorry for the delay on this.
I just tried mounting the image in VirtualBox, but it refused to boot. It seems that Windows images the sys reserved drive and the OS drive as 2 different images, and when I try to boot the BCD is pointing to the wrong place.
Now, I'm not saying the idea is completely bunk, I would imagine that you could probably mount the main OS drive and run a Startup Repair to get it working properly, but honestly, seems like alot more hassle than it's worth.
I also expect that restoring the image would probably create issue's too, as there would be two BCD's, but that's pure speculation.
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