Make sys image files able to run in VirtualBox


  1. Posts : 7
    Windows 7 Home Premium
       #1

    Make sys image files able to run in VirtualBox


    OK, In Se7en's security options, you can make a System Image, so when I got my computer, I made a system image for back up. Is there any way I can use these files to run Se7en in like Virtual PC or VirtualBox, etc.? Please let me know.
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  2. Posts : 1,506
    W7 Ult. x64 | OS X
       #2

    Theoretically it should be possible...

    Get your Windows Installation Disk, insert it and boot off of it inside the VM. Use it to Restore the System using your system image.

    Restore your computer from a system image backup
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  3. whs
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       #3

    The problem you run into is that vBox is considered another system by the EULA. I think you would have problems activating it.
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  4. Posts : 1,506
    W7 Ult. x64 | OS X
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    The rare valid point!
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  5. whs
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    notsograymatter said:
    The rare valid point!
    What is "rare" about it?
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    whs said:
    notsograymatter said:
    The rare valid point!
    What is "rare" about it?
    It's just a saying, don't worry about it
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  7. whs
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    I don't worry at all. But you guys have rare sayings. I discover some new ones all the time.
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  8. Posts : 17,545
    Windows 10 Pro x64 EN-GB
       #8

    I have always my latest system image mounted to a virtual machine as a second hard drive, to be able to exract files whenever I need to. This tutorial shows how to that, you can use the same principle to mount an image as a main hd in Virtual PC or VirtualBox machine.

    However, Whs had a good point: you need to have a licence to use the same Seven installation (= image) on a separate (virtual) machine. That's also the reason I'm mounting the image as a second HD, not as a system drive.

    Kari
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