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Moving application from physical PC to VirtualPC
My workplace recently acquired several Windows 7 professional machines. Seeing a I'm the primary/only IT person there, I've been responsible for setting up the machines and so far I haven't had any issues except for one machine.
One of the computers that was to be replaced is running various HR/payroll applications on Windows XP professional. Some of them are getting old and I was in a couple of telephone conferences with the companies to determine how well Windows 7 professional supported them. There is varying level of support which I had planned on.
While I was setting up the new Win7 replacement computer, I installed VirtualPC with Windows XP mode. My problem lies in the fact that I maybe unable to find the proper installation disk for this particular program and just copying the folder/files over has proven unsuccessful. This particular program runs along side/on top of an old SQL engine (SQL 2000/SQL 7.5 if I remember properly) so this of course adds yet another layer of "fun" There maybe additional issues I have yet to come accross due to poor documentation prior to my arrival there.
My question is if there is anyway to either "transplant" the application from the physical machine to the virtualPC machine or if I could create an image of the XP machine and run it via virtualization.