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Convert Physical Machine to VM to run on 2nd PC?
Is there a way to create a virtual machine in *.vdi format (Sun Virtual Box) from a physical machine, either from within the physical machine or by removing and accessing the HD from another system?
I do PC repair and often help people migrate their data to new computers. On occasion there is someone upgrading from an older machine with XP(32) to a Win7(64) and there are several programs that they will no longer be able to use. Rather than find solutions or workarounds for each incompatible program, it would be great to save their old system as a VM to be run on the new system. I ask for *.vdi format because I am fairly familiar with Virtual Box but have not used any other VM clients. If you know of a simple alternative that is capable of this type of migration then I am open to suggestions.