I missed the Win7 part they don't have said repair install. in fact if you ever lose the mbr on win7 your (so far i have found) boned without a backup. On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: > On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Stephen wrote: >> >> im not fully familiar with P2V for virtualbox, however the only time i >> did a P2V using the VMware converter it required a 3rd machine to do >> the work. and image directly to the server. >> >> however what you can do, and maybe a good idea anyhow is use something >> like clonezilla to make an image of that partition and then restore it >> into the virtual machine and run a repair install? > > > What is a repair install? I don't have the Windows disks because it cam > pre-installed on the machine. Any web pages that talk about this process? > > Mark >> >> On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Mark Phillips >> wrote: >> > I have a dual boot machine with two physical drives - Windows XP Pro and >> > Debian testing. I need to replace the Windows drive with another drive >> > to >> > add more space to the Debian drive. Instead of just chucking the Windows >> > drive drive (only 40GB and the machine only has space for two hard >> > drives), >> > I thought I would virtualize it and run it in virtualbox on the Debian >> > machine. I am having no success in (1) finding a lot of information on >> > how >> > to do this and (2) actually accomplishing the task. >> > >> > I have tried using vmware vcenter converter 4.0.1. I have the client >> > running >> > on one Linux machine (hammerhead), the Windows source on another >> > (basenji), >> > and the destination folder is a windows share on a third machine >> > (goofy). >> > After struggling to get it to run, it dies within a minute with an >> > error: >> > >> > FAILED: Unable to create a VSS snapshot of the source volume(s). Error >> > code: >> > 2147754758 (0x80042306). >> > >> > It is able to find the client and source folder with no issues. Googling >> > the >> > error code and message did not give me any good results. I had one >> > warning >> > on the config setup screen - "Unable to locate the required Sysprep >> > files. >> > Please upload them under >> > /var/vmware-vcenter-converter-standalone/sysprep/xp >> > on the Converter server machine." I found the .cab on the Microsoft site >> > and >> > put it in the required location, but I still get that warning. >> > >> > My questions - >> > >> > 1. Anyone know how to get VMware converter to work? My assumption, after >> > some reading, is that virtualbox will be able to import the output from >> > vmware converter. >> > >> > 2. Other suggestions for recipes to virtualize a physical Windows XP >> > drive? >> > >> > Thanks! >> > >> > Mark >> > >> > P.S. The other reason I want to make this work, is that I have a new >> > laptop >> > with Windows 7. I planto install Debian and virtualize the Windows 7 >> > partition and get rid of the dual boot. This excercise with the Windows >> > XP >> > drive is my test bed to see how to make it work. I am not sure if there >> > are >> > any extra gotchas to virtualizing Windows 7. >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------- >> > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from >> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. >> >> Stephen >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss