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01-09-2009
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| | Non-Virtual HD Is It Posiible Basically, I installed Vista on a second hard drive I had. I want to know is it possible to use that hard drive instead of a virtual hard drive. Right now I have to reboot my computer to get to vista, so basically I was wondering if I could use Virtual PC to run my vista that is on a physical drive. If not is there a way I could, using any program? |
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01-09-2009
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| | Non-Virtual HD Is It Posiible Basically, I installed Vista on a second hard drive I had. I want to know is it possible to use that hard drive instead of a virtual hard drive. Right now I have to reboot my computer to get to vista, so basically I was wondering if I could use Virtual PC to run my vista that is on a physical drive. If not is there a way I could, using any program? |
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01-09-2009
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| | Re: Non-Virtual HD Is It Posiible On Thu, 8 Jan 2009 21:55:01 -0800, random11 <random11@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >Basically, I installed Vista on a second hard drive I had. I want to know is >it possible to use that hard drive instead of a virtual hard drive. Right now >I have to reboot my computer to get to vista, so basically I was wondering if >I could use Virtual PC to run my vista that is on a physical drive. If not is >there a way I could, using any program? are just normal files. VPC2007 cannot directly use a physical hard drive for running a machine. -- Bo Berglund (Sweden) |
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01-09-2009
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| | Re: Non-Virtual HD Is It Posiible > No, VPC virtual machines use virtual hard drives, which on the host Quote: > are just normal files. VPC2007 cannot directly use a physical hard > drive for running a machine. |
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01-09-2009
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| | Re: Non-Virtual HD Is It Posiible On Fri, 9 Jan 2009 01:10:01 -0800, random11 <random11@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: Quote: >> No, VPC virtual machines use virtual hard drives, which on the host >> are just normal files. VPC2007 cannot directly use a physical hard >> drive for running a machine. >Is there a program that can? the first time you boot. All of the hardware is different in a VM than your actual physical setup, except the CPU. You may need to repair you Windows installation to get it to boot properly. -- Cheers, Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP http://vpc.essjae.com/ |
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01-09-2009
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| | Re: Non-Virtual HD Is It Posiible On Fri, 9 Jan 2009 01:10:01 -0800, random11 <random11@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: Quote: >> No, VPC virtual machines use virtual hard drives, which on the host >> are just normal files. VPC2007 cannot directly use a physical hard >> drive for running a machine. >Is there a program that can? -- Bo Berglund (Sweden) |
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01-09-2009
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| | Re: Non-Virtual HD Is It Posiible "Steve Jain [MVP]" <noreply.-@-.essjae.com> wrote in message news:u13fm4prv54aeqd27mve6ug05qjl1sudoi@xxxxxx Quote: Quote: Quote: >>> VPC2007 cannot directly use a physical hard drive for running a machine. >>Is there a program that can? > VPC can as well as others instead of a virtual hard disk...? -- Mark Rae ASP.NET MVP http://www.markrae.net |
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01-09-2009
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| | Re: Non-Virtual HD Is It Posiible On Fri, 9 Jan 2009 17:53:15 -0000, "Mark Rae [MVP]" <mark@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >"Steve Jain [MVP]" <noreply.-@-.essjae.com> wrote in message >news:u13fm4prv54aeqd27mve6ug05qjl1sudoi@xxxxxx > Quote: Quote: >>>> VPC2007 cannot directly use a physical hard drive for running a machine. >>> >>>Is there a program that can? >> VPC can as well as others >I didn't know that... How do you get a VM to use a physical hard disk >instead of a virtual hard disk...? before. Well, never mind. I just re-read the release notes for SP1 and you can created a VHD for a linked disk, you just can't use it in a VM...not sure what the point of being able to create a linked disk is in the first place then. VM Ware can use a physical disk. -- Cheers, Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP http://vpc.essjae.com/ |
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01-09-2009
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| | Re: Non-Virtual HD Is It Posiible On Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:27:58 -0800, "Steve Jain [MVP]" <noreply.-@-.essjae.com> wrote: Quote: >On Fri, 9 Jan 2009 17:53:15 -0000, "Mark Rae [MVP]" ><mark@xxxxxx> wrote: > Quote: >>"Steve Jain [MVP]" <noreply.-@-.essjae.com> wrote in message >>news:u13fm4prv54aeqd27mve6ug05qjl1sudoi@xxxxxx >> Quote: >>>>> VPC2007 cannot directly use a physical hard drive for running a machine. >>>> >>>>Is there a program that can? >>> >>> VPC can as well as others >>I didn't know that... How do you get a VM to use a physical hard disk >>instead of a virtual hard disk...? >Well, you used to be able do this with a linked drive. I've done it >before. >Well, never mind. I just re-read the release notes for SP1 and you >can created a VHD for a linked disk, you just can't use it in a >VM...not sure what the point of being able to create a linked disk is >in the first place then. > installed virtual machine to copy the contents of the physical disk to a virtual disk this way. But it won't boot from the linked disk. Seems like a bad way to do p2v when one could instead use Acronis with Universal restore to do it with corrections for hardware differences in the same process... -- Bo Berglund (Sweden) |
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01-09-2009
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| | Re: Non-Virtual HD Is It Posiible "Steve Jain [MVP]" <noreply.-@-.essjae.com> wrote in message news:6d5fm4584t19oih67qcck1d7os8e4gj2pd@xxxxxx Quote: Quote: Quote: >>>>> VPC2007 cannot directly use a physical hard drive for running a >>>>> machine. >>>> >>>>Is there a program that can? >>> >>> VPC can as well as others >>I didn't know that... How do you get a VM to use a physical hard disk >>instead of a virtual hard disk...? > Well, you used to be able do this with a linked drive. I've done it > before. Quote: > Well, never mind. I just re-read the release notes for SP1 and you > can create a VHD for a linked disk, you just can't use it in a > VM...not sure what the point of being able to create a linked disk is > in the first place then. Quote: > VM Ware can use a physical disk. -- Mark Rae ASP.NET MVP http://www.markrae.net |
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