VM Utility

[Stephen]

I think windows will get a little confused but redetect the hardware
changes, then you install the "tools" that your vm host uses.

On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 4:31 PM, Stephen <cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have done this before. Get a clonezilla live cd. image off to a hard
> disk someplace (or samba if you have a machine on the network) boot
> the iso in your fresh VM environment, once there restore the image and
> let it re-detect. make sure the ram and number of cores and HDD space
> is as close as you can get. or you will get errors.
>
> If you need to shring the drive space clear the files you don't need
> then defrag then run sdelete to compress your image of extra chaff
> (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897443.aspx)
>
> If you need to repartition the drive use a Linux livecd Ubuntu for
> example then resize your windows partition but dont complete the
> install. reboot then run check disk. go back to the beginning and
> clone your now "shrunk" drives.
>
> On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 6:09 AM, Mike Ballon <mike.ballon at gmail.com> wrote:
>> As a follow up (why do I always hit send so fast :) you could also
>> clone/ghost the system and restore to a VM. Also maybe look at netcat, it's
>> hard to suggest too much not knowing the whole setup.
>> -Mike
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 8:46 AM, Mike Ballon <mike.ballon at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> http://conshell.net/wiki/index.php/Linux_P2V
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -Mike
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 2:22 AM, Richard Wilson <relw at mchsi.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I have heard that there are some utilities that allow you to create a
>>>> Virtual Machine image from an existing installation -- I need to do this for
>>>> 2 different XP instances so that I can run them as VM's under Linux.
>>>>
>>>> Does anybody know of/have an experience (good or bad) using such a
>>>> utility?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>>
>>>> Richard Wilson
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>
> Stephen
>



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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